#4d87e5

Color #4d87e5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4d87e5

RGB

rgb(77, 135, 229)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 74.5%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 66.4%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.4%, 41%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(56.64, 10.88, -53.32)

LCH

lch(56.64, 54.42, 281.53)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.1546, 259.61)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 30.2%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ab4d

Analogous

#4dd3e5

#4d87e5

#5f4de5

Triadic

#4d87e5

#e54d87

#87e54d

Split-complementary

#4d87e5

#e55f4d

#d3e54d

Tetradic

#4d87e5

#ab4de5

#e5ab4d

#87e54d

Square

#4d87e5

#e54dd3

#e5ab4d

#4de55f

Shades

Color #4d87e5 mixed toward black.

#2169de

#1a54b2

#143f85

#0d2a59

#07152c

Tints

Color #4d87e5 mixed toward white.

#6b9be9

#88afee

#a6c3f2

#c4d7f6

#e1ebfb

Tones

Color #4d87e5 mixed toward gray.

#5a8ad8

#668dcc

#7390bf

#8093b2

#8c96a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6cd3 · ΔE 12.4

Deuteranopia

#6863cf · ΔE 15.1

Tritanopia

#51c4c0 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 24.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4d87e5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d87e5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4d87e5 (#4d87e5) is rgb(77, 135, 229) in RGB.

No, #4d87e5 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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