#4d80cd

Color #4d80cd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.87 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4d80cd

RGB

rgb(77, 128, 205)

HSL

hsl(216.1, 56.1%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.1, 62.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.4%, 37.6%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(53.41, 6.87, -44.96)

LCH

lch(53.41, 45.48, 278.69)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.1304, 258.41)

HWB

hwb(216.1, 30.2%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd9a4d

Analogous

#4dc0cd

#4d80cd

#5a4dcd

Triadic

#4d80cd

#cd4d80

#80cd4d

Split-complementary

#4d80cd

#cd5a4d

#c0cd4d

Tetradic

#4d80cd

#9a4dcd

#cd9a4d

#80cd4d

Square

#4d80cd

#cd4dc0

#cd9a4d

#4dcd5a

Shades

Color #4d80cd mixed toward black.

#3468b7

#295393

#1f3e6e

#152a49

#0a1525

Tints

Color #4d80cd mixed toward white.

#6b95d5

#88aade

#a6c0e6

#c4d5ee

#e1eaf7

Tones

Color #4d80cd mixed toward gray.

#5882c2

#6284b8

#6d87ad

#7889a2

#828b98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6767be · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#6460ba · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#51b1ae · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d80cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d80cd]

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

#4d80cd (#4d80cd) is rgb(77, 128, 205) in RGB.

No, #4d80cd 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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