#4e73dc

Color #4e73dc

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 10.12 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e73dc

RGB

rgb(78, 115, 220)

HSL

hsl(224.4, 67%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.4, 64.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.5%, 47.7%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(50.74, 20.18, -57.71)

LCH

lch(50.74, 61.14, 289.27)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.1655, 266.67)

HWB

hwb(224.4, 30.6%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcb74e

Analogous

#4ebadc

#4e73dc

#704edc

Triadic

#4e73dc

#dc4e73

#73dc4e

Split-complementary

#4e73dc

#dc704e

#badc4e

Tetradic

#4e73dc

#b74edc

#dcb74e

#73dc4e

Square

#4e73dc

#dc4eba

#dcb74e

#4edc70

Shades

Color #4e73dc mixed toward black.

#2954cf

#2143a6

#19337c

#102253

#081129

Tints

Color #4e73dc mixed toward white.

#6b8ae2

#89a2e8

#a6b9ed

#c4d0f3

#e1e8f9

Tones

Color #4e73dc mixed toward gray.

#5a78d0

#667ec4

#7184b8

#7d8aad

#898fa1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6061c9 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5bc4 · ΔE 9.9

Tritanopia

#50b8b4 · ΔE 35.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e73dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e73dc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e73dc (#4e73dc) is rgb(78, 115, 220) in RGB.

No, #4e73dc 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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