#4b71b6

Color #4b71b6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.28 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4b71b6

RGB

rgb(75, 113, 182)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 42.3%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 58.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.8%, 37.9%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(47.86, 7.83, -40.58)

LCH

lch(47.86, 41.33, 280.92)

OKLCH

oklch(55.3%, 0.1163, 261.49)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 29.4%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6904b

Analogous

#4ba7b6

#4b71b6

#5b4bb6

Triadic

#4b71b6

#b64b71

#71b64b

Split-complementary

#4b71b6

#b65b4b

#a7b64b

Tetradic

#4b71b6

#904bb6

#b6904b

#71b64b

Square

#4b71b6

#b64ba7

#b6904b

#4bb65b

Shades

Color #4b71b6 mixed toward black.

#3e5e98

#314b7a

#25385b

#19263d

#0c131e

Tints

Color #4b71b6 mixed toward white.

#6989c2

#87a0ce

#a5b8db

#c3d0e7

#e1e7f3

Tones

Color #4b71b6 mixed toward gray.

#5474ad

#5d76a4

#66799b

#6f7b92

#787e89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.34:1

White text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5ea9 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#5c59a5 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#4d9d9a · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 21.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4b71b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b71b6]

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

#4b71b6 (#4b71b6) is rgb(75, 113, 182) in RGB.

No, #4b71b6 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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