#4981ff

Color #4981ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 9.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4981ff

RGB

rgb(73, 129, 255)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 100%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 71.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(71.4%, 49.4%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(56.42, 23.06, -68.09)

LCH

lch(56.42, 71.89, 288.71)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.1969, 263.7)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 28.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffc749

Analogous

#49dcff

#4981ff

#6c49ff

Triadic

#4981ff

#ff4981

#81ff49

Split-complementary

#4981ff

#ff6c49

#dcff49

Tetradic

#4981ff

#c749ff

#ffc749

#81ff49

Square

#4981ff

#ff49dc

#ffc749

#49ff6c

Shades

Color #4981ff mixed toward black.

#125bff

#0043db

#0033a4

#00226d

#001137

Tints

Color #4981ff mixed toward white.

#6796ff

#86abff

#a4c0ff

#c2d5ff

#e1eaff

Tones

Color #4981ff mixed toward gray.

#5887f0

#678de1

#7693d1

#8698c2

#959eb3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666e9 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#635ee3 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#4dd5d0 · ΔE 38.4

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 27.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4981ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4981ff]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4981ff (#4981ff) is rgb(73, 129, 255) in RGB.

No, #4981ff is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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