#4c81ee

Color #4c81ee

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 9.07 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4c81ee

RGB

rgb(76, 129, 238)

HSL

hsl(220.4, 82.7%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220.4, 68.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.1%, 45.8%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(55.49, 17.5, -60.18)

LCH

lch(55.49, 62.67, 286.21)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1736, 262.85)

HWB

hwb(220.4, 29.8%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eeb94c

Analogous

#4cd2ee

#4c81ee

#684cee

Triadic

#4c81ee

#ee4c81

#81ee4c

Split-complementary

#4c81ee

#ee684c

#d2ee4c

Tetradic

#4c81ee

#b94cee

#eeb94c

#81ee4c

Square

#4c81ee

#ee4cd2

#eeb94c

#4cee68

Shades

Color #4c81ee mixed toward black.

#1c5fea

#124bbf

#0e388f

#092560

#051330

Tints

Color #4c81ee mixed toward white.

#6a96f1

#88abf4

#a6c0f7

#c3d5f9

#e1eafc

Tones

Color #4c81ee mixed toward gray.

#5a86e1

#678ad3

#758fc6

#8294b8

#9098ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.68:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6768da · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#6460d5 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#50c8c4 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c81ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c81ee]

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

#4c81ee (#4c81ee) is rgb(76, 129, 238) in RGB.

No, #4c81ee 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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