#4e74b9

Color #4e74b9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 14.73 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e74b9

RGB

rgb(78, 116, 185)

HSL

hsl(218.7, 43.3%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.7, 57.8%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.8%, 37.3%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(49.02, 7.61, -40.46)

LCH

lch(49.02, 41.17, 280.65)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.1159, 261.51)

HWB

hwb(218.7, 30.6%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9934e

Analogous

#4eaab9

#4e74b9

#5e4eb9

Triadic

#4e74b9

#b94e74

#74b94e

Split-complementary

#4e74b9

#b95e4e

#aab94e

Tetradic

#4e74b9

#934eb9

#b9934e

#74b94e

Square

#4e74b9

#b94eaa

#b9934e

#4eb95e

Shades

Color #4e74b9 mixed toward black.

#3e609d

#324d7e

#253a5e

#19263f

#0c131f

Tints

Color #4e74b9 mixed toward white.

#6c8bc5

#89a2d0

#a7badc

#c4d1e8

#e2e8f3

Tones

Color #4e74b9 mixed toward gray.

#5777b0

#6079a7

#697c9e

#727e95

#7b818c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.52:1

White text reads better on this background (4.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6161ac · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#5e5ba8 · ΔE 11.3

Tritanopia

#50a09d · ΔE 28.1

Achromatopsia

#747474 · ΔE 21.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e74b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e74b9]

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

#4e74b9 (#4e74b9) is rgb(78, 116, 185) in RGB.

No, #4e74b9 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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