#4a80dc

Color #4a80dc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4a80dc

RGB

rgb(74, 128, 220)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 67.6%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 66.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.4%, 41.8%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(54.09, 11.52, -52.36)

LCH

lch(54.09, 53.61, 282.41)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.1515, 260.35)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 29%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dca64a

Analogous

#4ac9dc

#4a80dc

#5d4adc

Triadic

#4a80dc

#dc4a80

#80dc4a

Split-complementary

#4a80dc

#dc5d4a

#c9dc4a

Tetradic

#4a80dc

#a64adc

#dca64a

#80dc4a

Square

#4a80dc

#dc4ac9

#dca64a

#4adc5d

Shades

Color #4a80dc mixed toward black.

#2865cd

#2051a4

#183d7b

#102852

#081429

Tints

Color #4a80dc mixed toward white.

#6895e2

#86aae8

#a4bfed

#c3d5f3

#e1eaf9

Tones

Color #4a80dc mixed toward gray.

#5683d0

#6286c4

#6e89b7

#7b8dab

#87909f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.41:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666cb · ΔE 12

Deuteranopia

#635ec6 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#4ebbb8 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a80dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a80dc]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4a80dc (#4a80dc) is rgb(74, 128, 220) in RGB.

No, #4a80dc 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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