#4a73b4

Color #4a73b4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.52 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4a73b4

RGB

rgb(74, 115, 180)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 41.7%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 58.9%, 70.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.9%, 36.1%, 0%, 29.4%)

LAB

lab(48.27, 5.72, -38.76)

LCH

lch(48.27, 39.18, 278.39)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.1117, 259.26)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 29%, 29.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b48b4a

Analogous

#4aa8b4

#4a73b4

#564ab4

Triadic

#4a73b4

#b44a73

#73b44a

Split-complementary

#4a73b4

#b4564a

#a8b44a

Tetradic

#4a73b4

#8b4ab4

#b48b4a

#73b44a

Square

#4a73b4

#b44aa8

#b48b4a

#4ab456

Shades

Color #4a73b4 mixed toward black.

#3e6096

#314d78

#25395a

#19263c

#0c131e

Tints

Color #4a73b4 mixed toward white.

#688ac1

#86a2cd

#a4b9da

#c3d0e6

#e1e8f3

Tones

Color #4a73b4 mixed toward gray.

#5375ab

#5c77a2

#657999

#6d7b91

#767d88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.4:1

White text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5fa7 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#5c59a4 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#4d9c9a · ΔE 26.8

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a73b4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a73b4]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4a73b4 (#4a73b4) is rgb(74, 115, 180) in RGB.

No, #4a73b4 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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