#4d85e9

Color #4d85e9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 8.68 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4d85e9

RGB

rgb(77, 133, 233)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 78%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 67%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(67%, 42.9%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(56.32, 13.47, -56.06)

LCH

lch(56.32, 57.66, 283.51)

OKLCH

oklch(62.8%, 0.1621, 261.02)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 30.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9b14d

Analogous

#4dd3e9

#4d85e9

#634de9

Triadic

#4d85e9

#e94d85

#85e94d

Split-complementary

#4d85e9

#e9634d

#d3e94d

Tetradic

#4d85e9

#b14de9

#e9b14d

#85e94d

Square

#4d85e9

#e94dd3

#e9b14d

#4de963

Shades

Color #4d85e9 mixed toward black.

#1f65e3

#1751b8

#113c8a

#0b285c

#06142e

Tints

Color #4d85e9 mixed toward white.

#6b99ed

#88aef0

#a6c2f4

#c4d6f8

#e1ebfb

Tones

Color #4d85e9 mixed toward gray.

#5a89dc

#678ccf

#7490c2

#8194b5

#8e97a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6ad6 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#6762d1 · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#51c6c2 · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 25.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4d85e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d85e9]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4d85e9 (#4d85e9) is rgb(77, 133, 233) in RGB.

No, #4d85e9 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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