#4a8fe8

Color #4a8fe8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.55 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4a8fe8

RGB

rgb(74, 143, 232)

HSL

hsl(213.8, 77.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.8, 68.1%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.1%, 38.4%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(58.9, 6.66, -51.39)

LCH

lch(58.9, 51.82, 277.38)

OKLCH

oklch(64.7%, 0.151, 255.82)

HWB

hwb(213.8, 29%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8a34a

Analogous

#4adee8

#4a8fe8

#544ae8

Triadic

#4a8fe8

#e84a8f

#8fe84a

Split-complementary

#4a8fe8

#e8544a

#dee84a

Tetradic

#4a8fe8

#a34ae8

#e8a34a

#8fe84a

Square

#4a8fe8

#e84ade

#e8a34a

#4ae854

Shades

Color #4a8fe8 mixed toward black.

#1d73e2

#175cb5

#114588

#0b2e5b

#06172d

Tints

Color #4a8fe8 mixed toward white.

#68a2ec

#86b4f0

#a4c7f4

#c3daf7

#e1ecfb

Tones

Color #4a8fe8 mixed toward gray.

#5791db

#6492ce

#7194c1

#7f96b3

#8c97a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.39:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6fd7 · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#6b65d2 · ΔE 17.6

Tritanopia

#4fc8c4 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a8fe8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a8fe8]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4a8fe8 (#4a8fe8) is rgb(74, 143, 232) in RGB.

No, #4a8fe8 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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