#4e7fa5

Color #4e7fa5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 7.09 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4e7fa5

RGB

rgb(78, 127, 165)

HSL

hsl(206.2, 35.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.2, 52.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 23%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(51.28, -5.45, -25.34)

LCH

lch(51.28, 25.92, 257.86)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0792, 243.14)

HWB

hwb(206.2, 30.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5744e

Analogous

#4ea59f

#4e7fa5

#4e53a5

Triadic

#4e7fa5

#a54e7f

#7fa54e

Split-complementary

#4e7fa5

#a54e53

#a59f4e

Tetradic

#4e7fa5

#744ea5

#a5744e

#7fa54e

Square

#4e7fa5

#9f4ea5

#a5744e

#53a54e

Shades

Color #4e7fa5 mixed toward black.

#416a89

#34556e

#273f52

#1a2a37

#0d151b

Tints

Color #4e7fa5 mixed toward white.

#6895b8

#86aac6

#a4bfd4

#c3d4e2

#e1eaf1

Tones

Color #4e7fa5 mixed toward gray.

#557e9e

#5c7d96

#647c8f

#6b7b88

#727a81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#67679d · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#64609b · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#519695 · ΔE 18.1

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 16.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e7fa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e7fa5]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#4e7fa5 (#4e7fa5) is rgb(78, 127, 165) in RGB.

No, #4e7fa5 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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