#4c85d6

Color #4c85d6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 7.49 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4c85d6

RGB

rgb(76, 133, 214)

HSL

hsl(215.2, 62.7%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.2, 64.5%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.5%, 37.9%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(55.24, 6.75, -47.15)

LCH

lch(55.24, 47.63, 278.15)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.1373, 257.38)

HWB

hwb(215.2, 29.8%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d69d4c

Analogous

#4ccad6

#4c85d6

#584cd6

Triadic

#4c85d6

#d64c85

#85d64c

Split-complementary

#4c85d6

#d6584c

#cad64c

Tetradic

#4c85d6

#9d4cd6

#d69d4c

#85d64c

Square

#4c85d6

#d64cca

#d69d4c

#4cd658

Shades

Color #4c85d6 mixed toward black.

#2d6cc5

#24569d

#1b4176

#122b4f

#091627

Tints

Color #4c85d6 mixed toward white.

#6a99dd

#88aee4

#a6c2eb

#c3d6f1

#e1ebf8

Tones

Color #4c85d6 mixed toward gray.

#5887cb

#6389bf

#6f8bb4

#7a8da8

#868f9d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696ac6 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#6662c2 · ΔE 15.3

Tritanopia

#50b9b5 · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c85d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c85d6]

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

#4c85d6 (#4c85d6) is rgb(76, 133, 214) in RGB.

No, #4c85d6 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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