#4a89e2

Color #4a89e2

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.5 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#4a89e2

RGB

rgb(74, 137, 226)

HSL

hsl(215.1, 72.4%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.1, 67.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.3%, 39.4%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(56.91, 8.16, -51.22)

LCH

lch(56.91, 51.87, 279.05)

OKLCH

oklch(63.1%, 0.1495, 257.37)

HWB

hwb(215.1, 29%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2a34a

Analogous

#4ad5e2

#4a89e2

#574ae2

Triadic

#4a89e2

#e24a89

#89e24a

Split-complementary

#4a89e2

#e2574a

#d5e24a

Tetradic

#4a89e2

#a34ae2

#e2a34a

#89e24a

Square

#4a89e2

#e24ad5

#e2a34a

#4ae257

Shades

Color #4a89e2 mixed toward black.

#226ed7

#1c58ac

#154281

#0e2c56

#07162b

Tints

Color #4a89e2 mixed toward white.

#689de7

#86b0ec

#a4c4f1

#c3d8f5

#e1ebfa

Tones

Color #4a89e2 mixed toward gray.

#578bd5

#638dc9

#708fbc

#7d92af

#8994a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6cd1 · ΔE 13.5

Deuteranopia

#6762cd · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#4fc2bf · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a89e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a89e2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4a89e2 (#4a89e2) is rgb(74, 137, 226) in RGB.

No, #4a89e2 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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