#4e78e9

Color #4e78e9

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 7.8 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e78e9

RGB

rgb(78, 120, 233)

HSL

hsl(223.7, 77.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.7, 66.5%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.5%, 48.5%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(52.88, 21.59, -61.58)

LCH

lch(52.88, 65.26, 289.32)

OKLCH

oklch(60.1%, 0.177, 265.92)

HWB

hwb(223.7, 30.6%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e9bf4e

Analogous

#4ec6e9

#4e78e9

#714ee9

Triadic

#4e78e9

#e94e78

#78e94e

Split-complementary

#4e78e9

#e9714e

#c6e94e

Tetradic

#4e78e9

#bf4ee9

#e9bf4e

#78e94e

Square

#4e78e9

#e94ec6

#e9bf4e

#4ee971

Shades

Color #4e78e9 mixed toward black.

#2055e3

#1743b8

#11328a

#0b215c

#06112e

Tints

Color #4e78e9 mixed toward white.

#6c8fed

#89a5f0

#a7bcf4

#c4d2f8

#e2e9fb

Tones

Color #4e78e9 mixed toward gray.

#5b7edc

#6884cf

#758ac2

#8290b5

#8f96a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.19:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6363d5 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#605dcf · ΔE 10.9

Tritanopia

#51c3be · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 26.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e78e9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e78e9]

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

#4e78e9 (#4e78e9) is rgb(78, 120, 233) in RGB.

No, #4e78e9 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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