#4d8fef

Color #4d8fef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.78 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4d8fef

RGB

rgb(77, 143, 239)

HSL

hsl(215.6, 83.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.6, 67.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.8%, 40.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(59.39, 9.54, -54.49)

LCH

lch(59.39, 55.32, 279.93)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.1589, 257.87)

HWB

hwb(215.6, 30.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efad4d

Analogous

#4de0ef

#4d8fef

#5c4def

Triadic

#4d8fef

#ef4d8f

#8fef4d

Split-complementary

#4d8fef

#ef5c4d

#e0ef4d

Tetradic

#4d8fef

#ad4def

#efad4d

#8fef4d

Square

#4d8fef

#ef4de0

#efad4d

#4def5c

Shades

Color #4d8fef mixed toward black.

#1d71eb

#1159c1

#0d4391

#092c61

#041630

Tints

Color #4d8fef mixed toward white.

#6ba2f2

#88b4f4

#a6c7f7

#c4dafa

#e1ecfc

Tones

Color #4d8fef mixed toward gray.

#5b92e2

#6894d4

#7697c7

#8399b9

#919cac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070dd · ΔE 13.9

Deuteranopia

#6c67d8 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#52cdc9 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 24.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4d8fef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d8fef]

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

#4d8fef (#4d8fef) is rgb(77, 143, 239) in RGB.

No, #4d8fef 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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