#4986e1

Color #4986e1

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.59 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4986e1

RGB

rgb(73, 134, 225)

HSL

hsl(215.9, 71.7%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.9, 67.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.6%, 40.4%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(55.99, 9.46, -52.14)

LCH

lch(55.99, 52.99, 280.28)

OKLCH

oklch(62.3%, 0.1519, 258.3)

HWB

hwb(215.9, 28.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1a449

Analogous

#49d2e1

#4986e1

#5849e1

Triadic

#4986e1

#e14986

#86e149

Split-complementary

#4986e1

#e15849

#d2e149

Tetradic

#4986e1

#a449e1

#e1a449

#86e149

Square

#4986e1

#e149d2

#e1a449

#49e158

Shades

Color #4986e1 mixed toward black.

#236bd5

#1c55aa

#154080

#0e2b55

#07152b

Tints

Color #4986e1 mixed toward white.

#679ae6

#86aeeb

#a4c2f0

#c2d7f5

#e1ebfa

Tones

Color #4986e1 mixed toward gray.

#5688d4

#628bc8

#6f8dbb

#7c90ae

#8892a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6969d0 · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#6560cb · ΔE 16

Tritanopia

#4ec0bd · ΔE 31.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 24.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4986e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4986e1]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4986e1 (#4986e1) is rgb(73, 134, 225) in RGB.

No, #4986e1 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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