#4a87ee

Color #4a87ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 7.12 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#4a87ee

RGB

rgb(74, 135, 238)

HSL

hsl(217.7, 82.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.7, 68.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.9%, 43.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(57.03, 13.55, -57.71)

LCH

lch(57.03, 59.28, 283.21)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.1674, 260.2)

HWB

hwb(217.7, 29%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb14a

Analogous

#4ad9ee

#4a87ee

#5f4aee

Triadic

#4a87ee

#ee4a87

#87ee4a

Split-complementary

#4a87ee

#ee5f4a

#d9ee4a

Tetradic

#4a87ee

#b14aee

#eeb14a

#87ee4a

Square

#4a87ee

#ee4ad9

#eeb14a

#4aee5f

Shades

Color #4a87ee mixed toward black.

#1b67ea

#1252be

#0d3d8f

#09295f

#041430

Tints

Color #4a87ee mixed toward white.

#689bf1

#86aff4

#a5c3f6

#c3d7f9

#e1ebfc

Tones

Color #4a87ee mixed toward gray.

#588be0

#658ed3

#7392c5

#8195b7

#8e99aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.99:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6adb · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#6661d6 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#4ecac6 · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a87ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a87ee]

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

#4a87ee (#4a87ee) is rgb(74, 135, 238) in RGB.

No, #4a87ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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