#4b85a7

Color #4b85a7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.69 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4b85a7

RGB

rgb(75, 133, 167)

HSL

hsl(202.2, 38%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.2, 55.1%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(53.01, -8.96, -23.84)

LCH

lch(53.01, 25.47, 249.4)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0802, 236.03)

HWB

hwb(202.2, 29.4%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a76d4b

Analogous

#4ba79b

#4b85a7

#4b57a7

Triadic

#4b85a7

#a74b85

#85a74b

Split-complementary

#4b85a7

#a74b57

#a79b4b

Tetradic

#4b85a7

#6d4ba7

#a76d4b

#85a74b

Square

#4b85a7

#9b4ba7

#a76d4b

#57a74b

Shades

Color #4b85a7 mixed toward black.

#3f6f8b

#32596f

#264354

#192c38

#0d161c

Tints

Color #4b85a7 mixed toward white.

#659aba

#84afc8

#a3c3d5

#c1d7e3

#e0ebf1

Tones

Color #4b85a7 mixed toward gray.

#53839f

#5a8198

#627f90

#6a7d88

#717b81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696aa0 · ΔE 17.1

Deuteranopia

#66619e · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#4f9998 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 16.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b85a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b85a7]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#4b85a7 (#4b85a7) is rgb(75, 133, 167) in RGB.

No, #4b85a7 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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