#4b81a0

Color #4b81a0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4b81a0

RGB

rgb(75, 129, 160)

HSL

hsl(201.9, 36.2%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(201.9, 53.1%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(51.53, -8.86, -22.06)

LCH

lch(51.53, 23.77, 248.12)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0747, 235.25)

HWB

hwb(201.9, 29.4%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a06a4b

Analogous

#4ba095

#4b81a0

#4b56a0

Triadic

#4b81a0

#a04b81

#81a04b

Split-complementary

#4b81a0

#a04b56

#a0954b

Tetradic

#4b81a0

#6a4ba0

#a06a4b

#81a04b

Square

#4b81a0

#954ba0

#a06a4b

#56a04b

Shades

Color #4b81a0 mixed toward black.

#3f6c85

#32566b

#264150

#192b35

#0d161b

Tints

Color #4b81a0 mixed toward white.

#6398b6

#82acc5

#a1c1d3

#c1d6e2

#e0eaf0

Tones

Color #4b81a0 mixed toward gray.

#527f99

#597d92

#607b8b

#677984

#6e777d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#676799 · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#645f98 · ΔE 18.8

Tritanopia

#4f9492 · ΔE 15.7

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b81a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b81a0]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#4b81a0 (#4b81a0) is rgb(75, 129, 160) in RGB.

No, #4b81a0 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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