#4c79d1

Color #4c79d1

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.76 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4c79d1

RGB

rgb(76, 121, 209)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 59.1%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 63.6%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.6%, 42.1%, 0%, 18%)

LAB

lab(51.62, 12.32, -50.07)

LCH

lch(51.62, 51.56, 283.82)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.144, 262.42)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 29.8%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1a44c

Analogous

#4cbcd1

#4c79d1

#624cd1

Triadic

#4c79d1

#d14c79

#79d14c

Split-complementary

#4c79d1

#d1624c

#bcd14c

Tetradic

#4c79d1

#a44cd1

#d1a44c

#79d14c

Square

#4c79d1

#d14cbc

#d1a44c

#4cd162

Shades

Color #4c79d1 mixed toward black.

#3160bd

#274d97

#1d3a71

#13264c

#0a1326

Tints

Color #4c79d1 mixed toward white.

#6a8fd9

#88a6e0

#a6bce8

#c3d2f0

#e1e9f7

Tones

Color #4c79d1 mixed toward gray.

#577dc6

#6280bb

#6d84b0

#7887a5

#838b9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363c0 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#605cbc · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#4fb2ae · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 24

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c79d1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c79d1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4c79d1 (#4c79d1) is rgb(76, 121, 209) in RGB.

No, #4c79d1 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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