#4b85e4

Color #4b85e4

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4b85e4

RGB

rgb(75, 133, 228)

HSL

hsl(217.3, 73.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.3, 67.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.1%, 41.7%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(55.96, 11.42, -53.86)

LCH

lch(55.96, 55.06, 281.97)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.1562, 259.78)

HWB

hwb(217.3, 29.4%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4aa4b

Analogous

#4bd1e4

#4b85e4

#5e4be4

Triadic

#4b85e4

#e44b85

#85e44b

Split-complementary

#4b85e4

#e45e4b

#d1e44b

Tetradic

#4b85e4

#aa4be4

#e4aa4b

#85e44b

Square

#4b85e4

#e44bd1

#e4aa4b

#4be45e

Shades

Color #4b85e4 mixed toward black.

#2168dc

#1a53b0

#143e84

#0d2958

#07152c

Tints

Color #4b85e4 mixed toward white.

#6999e8

#87aeed

#a5c2f1

#c3d6f6

#e1ebfa

Tones

Color #4b85e4 mixed toward gray.

#5888d7

#648bca

#718ebe

#7e91b1

#8b94a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696ad2 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6661cd · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#4fc2bf · ΔE 32.4

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b85e4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b85e4]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b85e4 (#4b85e4) is rgb(75, 133, 228) in RGB.

No, #4b85e4 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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