#4b88e7

Color #4b88e7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4b88e7

RGB

rgb(75, 136, 231)

HSL

hsl(216.5, 76.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.5, 67.5%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.5%, 41.1%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(56.95, 10.65, -53.95)

LCH

lch(56.95, 54.99, 281.17)

OKLCH

oklch(63.2%, 0.1568, 258.97)

HWB

hwb(216.5, 29.4%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7aa4b

Analogous

#4bd6e7

#4b88e7

#5c4be7

Triadic

#4b88e7

#e74b88

#88e74b

Split-complementary

#4b88e7

#e75c4b

#d6e74b

Tetradic

#4b88e7

#aa4be7

#e7aa4b

#88e74b

Square

#4b88e7

#e74bd6

#e7aa4b

#4be75c

Shades

Color #4b88e7 mixed toward black.

#1e6ae1

#1855b4

#124087

#0c2b5a

#06152d

Tints

Color #4b88e7 mixed toward white.

#699ceb

#87b0ef

#a5c4f3

#c3d7f7

#e1ebfb

Tones

Color #4b88e7 mixed toward gray.

#588bda

#658ecd

#7291c0

#7f93b3

#8c96a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bd5 · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#6762d0 · ΔE 15.8

Tritanopia

#4fc5c2 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 24.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4b88e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b88e7]

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

#4b88e7 (#4b88e7) is rgb(75, 136, 231) in RGB.

No, #4b88e7 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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