#4e7dce

Color #4e7dce

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.62 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e7dce

RGB

rgb(78, 125, 206)

HSL

hsl(218, 56.6%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218, 62.1%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.1%, 39.3%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(52.67, 9.21, -46.71)

LCH

lch(52.67, 47.61, 281.15)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.1346, 260.59)

HWB

hwb(218, 30.6%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ce9f4e

Analogous

#4ebdce

#4e7dce

#5f4ece

Triadic

#4e7dce

#ce4e7d

#7dce4e

Split-complementary

#4e7dce

#ce5f4e

#bdce4e

Tetradic

#4e7dce

#9f4ece

#ce9f4e

#7dce4e

Square

#4e7dce

#ce4ebd

#ce9f4e

#4ece5f

Shades

Color #4e7dce mixed toward black.

#3364b9

#295094

#1f3c6f

#15284a

#0a1425

Tints

Color #4e7dce mixed toward white.

#6c93d6

#89a8de

#a7bee6

#c4d4ef

#e2e9f7

Tones

Color #4e7dce mixed toward gray.

#5980c3

#6383b9

#6e86ae

#7988a3

#838b99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6666be · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#635fba · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#51b1ae · ΔE 30.1

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e7dce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e7dce]

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

#4e7dce (#4e7dce) is rgb(78, 125, 206) in RGB.

No, #4e7dce 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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