#4e7be1

Color #4e7be1

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 11.56 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e7be1

RGB

rgb(78, 123, 225)

HSL

hsl(221.6, 71%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.6, 65.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.3%, 45.3%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(53.19, 16.97, -56.6)

LCH

lch(53.19, 59.09, 286.69)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.1627, 264.22)

HWB

hwb(221.6, 30.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1b44e

Analogous

#4ec5e1

#4e7be1

#6a4ee1

Triadic

#4e7be1

#e14e7b

#7be14e

Split-complementary

#4e7be1

#e16a4e

#c5e14e

Tetradic

#4e7be1

#b44ee1

#e1b44e

#7be14e

Square

#4e7be1

#e14ec5

#e1b44e

#4ee16a

Shades

Color #4e7be1 mixed toward black.

#255cd8

#1d49ad

#163782

#0f2556

#07122b

Tints

Color #4e7be1 mixed toward white.

#6b91e6

#89a7eb

#a6bdf0

#c4d3f5

#e1e9fa

Tones

Color #4e7be1 mixed toward gray.

#5a80d5

#6685c8

#7389bc

#7f8eb0

#8b93a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6565ce · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#625ec9 · ΔE 12

Tritanopia

#51beba · ΔE 34.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e7be1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e7be1]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e7be1 (#4e7be1) is rgb(78, 123, 225) in RGB.

No, #4e7be1 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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