#4c7cb3

Color #4c7cb3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 5.04 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4c7cb3

RGB

rgb(76, 124, 179)

HSL

hsl(212, 40.4%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212, 57.5%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(50.93, 0.36, -34)

LCH

lch(50.93, 34, 270.61)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.1002, 252.88)

HWB

hwb(212, 29.8%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3834c

Analogous

#4cb0b3

#4c7cb3

#4f4cb3

Triadic

#4c7cb3

#b34c7c

#7cb34c

Split-complementary

#4c7cb3

#b34f4c

#b0b34c

Tetradic

#4c7cb3

#834cb3

#b3834c

#7cb34c

Square

#4c7cb3

#b34cb0

#b3834c

#4cb34f

Shades

Color #4c7cb3 mixed toward black.

#3f6795

#335377

#263e5a

#19293c

#0d151e

Tints

Color #4c7cb3 mixed toward white.

#6a92c0

#88a8cc

#a5bed9

#c3d3e6

#e1e9f2

Tones

Color #4c7cb3 mixed toward gray.

#557daa

#5d7da2

#667e99

#6e7e91

#777f88

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6465a8 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#615ea5 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#4f9e9c · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c7cb3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c7cb3]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4c7cb3 (#4c7cb3) is rgb(76, 124, 179) in RGB.

No, #4c7cb3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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