#4999ee

Color #4999ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.65 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4999ee

RGB

rgb(73, 153, 238)

HSL

hsl(210.9, 82.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210.9, 69.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.3%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(61.97, 2.7, -49.85)

LCH

lch(61.97, 49.92, 273.1)

OKLCH

oklch(67.2%, 0.1489, 252.12)

HWB

hwb(210.9, 28.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee9e49

Analogous

#49ecee

#4999ee

#4c49ee

Triadic

#4999ee

#ee4999

#99ee49

Split-complementary

#4999ee

#ee4c49

#ecee49

Tetradic

#4999ee

#9e49ee

#ee9e49

#99ee49

Square

#4999ee

#ee49ec

#ee9e49

#49ee4c

Shades

Color #4999ee mixed toward black.

#1a7fea

#1265be

#0d4c8e

#09335f

#04192f

Tints

Color #4999ee mixed toward white.

#67aaf1

#86bbf4

#a4ccf6

#c2ddf9

#e1eefc

Tones

Color #4999ee mixed toward gray.

#5799e0

#659ad3

#729ac5

#809bb7

#8e9ba9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475dd · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#7069d9 · ΔE 19.9

Tritanopia

#50cfcb · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 23.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4999ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4999ee]

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Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4999ee (#4999ee) is rgb(73, 153, 238) in RGB.

No, #4999ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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