#4e80e1

Color #4e80e1

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.09 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e80e1

RGB

rgb(78, 128, 225)

HSL

hsl(219.6, 71%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.6, 65.3%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.3%, 43.1%, 0%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(54.55, 13.91, -54.43)

LCH

lch(54.55, 56.18, 284.34)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.1568, 262.23)

HWB

hwb(219.6, 30.6%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1af4e

Analogous

#4ec9e1

#4e80e1

#654ee1

Triadic

#4e80e1

#e14e80

#80e14e

Split-complementary

#4e80e1

#e1654e

#c9e14e

Tetradic

#4e80e1

#af4ee1

#e1af4e

#80e14e

Square

#4e80e1

#e14ec9

#e1af4e

#4ee165

Shades

Color #4e80e1 mixed toward black.

#2562d8

#1d4ead

#163b82

#0f2756

#07142b

Tints

Color #4e80e1 mixed toward white.

#6b95e6

#89aaeb

#a6bff0

#c4d5f5

#e1eafa

Tones

Color #4e80e1 mixed toward gray.

#5a84d5

#6688c8

#738cbc

#7f90b0

#8b94a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6768cf · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#6460ca · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#51bfbb · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e80e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e80e1]

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

#4e80e1 (#4e80e1) is rgb(78, 128, 225) in RGB.

No, #4e80e1 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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