#4e85da

Color #4e85da

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.46 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e85da

RGB

rgb(78, 133, 218)

HSL

hsl(216.4, 65.4%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.4, 64.2%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.2%, 39%, 0%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(55.54, 8.47, -48.92)

LCH

lch(55.54, 49.65, 279.82)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.1419, 258.82)

HWB

hwb(216.4, 30.6%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#daa34e

Analogous

#4ecbda

#4e85da

#5d4eda

Triadic

#4e85da

#da4e85

#85da4e

Split-complementary

#4e85da

#da5d4e

#cbda4e

Tetradic

#4e85da

#a34eda

#daa34e

#85da4e

Square

#4e85da

#da4ecb

#daa34e

#4eda5d

Shades

Color #4e85da mixed toward black.

#2b6acc

#2255a3

#1a407a

#112a52

#091529

Tints

Color #4e85da mixed toward white.

#6b99e0

#89aee6

#a6c2ec

#c4d6f3

#e1ebf9

Tones

Color #4e85da mixed toward gray.

#5a87ce

#658ac3

#718cb7

#7d8fab

#8891a0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6bca · ΔE 12.3

Deuteranopia

#6763c5 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#52bbb8 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 23.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e85da;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e85da]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e85da (#4e85da) is rgb(78, 133, 218) in RGB.

No, #4e85da 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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