#4b74b7

Color #4b74b7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.36 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4b74b7

RGB

rgb(75, 116, 183)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 42.9%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 59%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(59%, 36.6%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(48.77, 6.32, -39.72)

LCH

lch(48.77, 40.22, 279.04)

OKLCH

oklch(56%, 0.1143, 259.77)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 29.4%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b78e4b

Analogous

#4baab7

#4b74b7

#584bb7

Triadic

#4b74b7

#b74b74

#74b74b

Split-complementary

#4b74b7

#b7584b

#aab74b

Tetradic

#4b74b7

#8e4bb7

#b78e4b

#74b74b

Square

#4b74b7

#b74baa

#b78e4b

#4bb758

Shades

Color #4b74b7 mixed toward black.

#3d609a

#314d7b

#253a5c

#19273d

#0c131f

Tints

Color #4b74b7 mixed toward white.

#698bc3

#87a2cf

#a5badb

#c3d1e7

#e1e8f3

Tones

Color #4b74b7 mixed toward gray.

#5476ae

#5d78a5

#667b9c

#6f7d93

#787f8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.48:1

White text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5f60aa · ΔE 10.2

Deuteranopia

#5d5aa6 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#4e9e9c · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b74b7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b74b7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4b74b7 (#4b74b7) is rgb(75, 116, 183) in RGB.

No, #4b74b7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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