#4b8ef4

Color #4b8ef4

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.22 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4b8ef4

RGB

rgb(75, 142, 244)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 88.5%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 69.3%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.3%, 41.8%, 0%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(59.32, 11.57, -57.38)

LCH

lch(59.32, 58.53, 281.4)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.1672, 258.65)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 29.4%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f4b14b

Analogous

#4be3f4

#4b8ef4

#5c4bf4

Triadic

#4b8ef4

#f44b8e

#8ef44b

Split-complementary

#4b8ef4

#f45c4b

#e3f44b

Tetradic

#4b8ef4

#b14bf4

#f4b14b

#8ef44b

Square

#4b8ef4

#f44be3

#f4b14b

#4bf45c

Shades

Color #4b8ef4 mixed toward black.

#196ef1

#0c57c8

#094196

#062b64

#031632

Tints

Color #4b8ef4 mixed toward white.

#69a1f6

#87b4f8

#a5c6fa

#c3d9fb

#e1ecfd

Tones

Color #4b8ef4 mixed toward gray.

#5991e6

#6794d8

#7597ca

#839abc

#919cad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6fe1 · ΔE 13.6

Deuteranopia

#6a65dc · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#50d0cc · ΔE 33.5

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b8ef4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b8ef4]

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

#4b8ef4 (#4b8ef4) is rgb(75, 142, 244) in RGB.

No, #4b8ef4 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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