#4e79bd

Color #4e79bd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e79bd

RGB

rgb(78, 121, 189)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 45.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 58.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.7%, 36%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(50.65, 5.9, -40.19)

LCH

lch(50.65, 40.62, 278.35)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.1159, 259.2)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 30.6%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd924e

Analogous

#4eb1bd

#4e79bd

#5b4ebd

Triadic

#4e79bd

#bd4e79

#79bd4e

Split-complementary

#4e79bd

#bd5b4e

#b1bd4e

Tetradic

#4e79bd

#924ebd

#bd924e

#79bd4e

Square

#4e79bd

#bd4eb1

#bd924e

#4ebd5b

Shades

Color #4e79bd mixed toward black.

#3c64a2

#305082

#243c61

#182841

#0c1420

Tints

Color #4e79bd mixed toward white.

#6c8fc8

#89a6d3

#a7bcde

#c4d2e9

#e2e9f4

Tones

Color #4e79bd mixed toward gray.

#577bb4

#617dab

#6a7fa1

#738198

#7c848f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6364b0 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#615dac · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#51a4a1 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e79bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e79bd]

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

#4e79bd (#4e79bd) is rgb(78, 121, 189) in RGB.

No, #4e79bd 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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