#4a87ef

Color #4a87ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4a87ef

RGB

rgb(74, 135, 239)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 83.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 69%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(69%, 43.5%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(57.09, 13.9, -58.17)

LCH

lch(57.09, 59.81, 283.44)

OKLCH

oklch(63.4%, 0.1688, 260.35)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 29%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efb24a

Analogous

#4adaef

#4a87ef

#604aef

Triadic

#4a87ef

#ef4a87

#87ef4a

Split-complementary

#4a87ef

#ef604a

#daef4a

Tetradic

#4a87ef

#b24aef

#efb24a

#87ef4a

Square

#4a87ef

#ef4ada

#efb24a

#4aef60

Shades

Color #4a87ef mixed toward black.

#1a67eb

#1152c0

#0d3d90

#082960

#041430

Tints

Color #4a87ef mixed toward white.

#689bf2

#86aff4

#a5c3f7

#c3d7fa

#e1ebfc

Tones

Color #4a87ef mixed toward gray.

#588be1

#668ed4

#7392c6

#8195b8

#8f99aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

6:1

Black text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6adc · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#6661d7 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#4ecbc7 · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a87ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a87ef]

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

#4a87ef (#4a87ef) is rgb(74, 135, 239) in RGB.

No, #4a87ef 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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