#4b81d3

Color #4b81d3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4b81d3

RGB

rgb(75, 129, 211)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 60.7%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 64.5%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(53.92, 7.96, -47.56)

LCH

lch(53.92, 48.22, 279.5)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.138, 258.55)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 29.4%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d39d4b

Analogous

#4bc5d3

#4b81d3

#594bd3

Triadic

#4b81d3

#d34b81

#81d34b

Split-complementary

#4b81d3

#d3594b

#c5d34b

Tetradic

#4b81d3

#9d4bd3

#d39d4b

#81d34b

Square

#4b81d3

#d34bc5

#d39d4b

#4bd359

Shades

Color #4b81d3 mixed toward black.

#2f68c0

#255399

#1c3f73

#132a4d

#091526

Tints

Color #4b81d3 mixed toward white.

#6996da

#87abe2

#a5c0e9

#c3d5f0

#e1eaf8

Tones

Color #4b81d3 mixed toward gray.

#5683c8

#6286bc

#6d88b1

#788aa6

#848d9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.38:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767c3 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#645fbf · ΔE 14.9

Tritanopia

#4fb5b2 · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 23.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b81d3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b81d3]

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

#4b81d3 (#4b81d3) is rgb(75, 129, 211) in RGB.

No, #4b81d3 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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