#4e80a2

Color #4e80a2

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 9.37 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e80a2

RGB

rgb(78, 128, 162)

HSL

hsl(204.3, 35%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.3, 51.9%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.9%, 21%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(51.46, -6.96, -23.33)

LCH

lch(51.46, 24.35, 253.39)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0753, 239.62)

HWB

hwb(204.3, 30.6%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a2704e

Analogous

#4ea29a

#4e80a2

#4e56a2

Triadic

#4e80a2

#a24e80

#80a24e

Split-complementary

#4e80a2

#a24e56

#a29a4e

Tetradic

#4e80a2

#704ea2

#a2704e

#80a24e

Square

#4e80a2

#9a4ea2

#a2704e

#56a24e

Shades

Color #4e80a2 mixed toward black.

#416b87

#34556c

#274051

#1a2b36

#0d151b

Tints

Color #4e80a2 mixed toward white.

#6796b6

#86abc5

#a4c0d3

#c2d5e2

#e1eaf0

Tones

Color #4e80a2 mixed toward gray.

#557f9b

#5c7d94

#637c8d

#6a7b86

#71797f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#67689b · ΔE 15.5

Deuteranopia

#646099 · ΔE 17.2

Tritanopia

#519493 · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e80a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e80a2]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#4e80a2 (#4e80a2) is rgb(78, 128, 162) in RGB.

No, #4e80a2 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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