#4e86ed

Color #4e86ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 7.86 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e86ed

RGB

rgb(78, 134, 237)

HSL

hsl(218.9, 81.5%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.9, 67.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.1%, 43.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(56.86, 14.41, -57.42)

LCH

lch(56.86, 59.2, 284.09)

OKLCH

oklch(63.3%, 0.1659, 261.44)

HWB

hwb(218.9, 30.6%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edb54e

Analogous

#4ed5ed

#4e86ed

#664eed

Triadic

#4e86ed

#ed4e86

#86ed4e

Split-complementary

#4e86ed

#ed664e

#d5ed4e

Tetradic

#4e86ed

#b54eed

#edb54e

#86ed4e

Square

#4e86ed

#ed4ed5

#edb54e

#4eed66

Shades

Color #4e86ed mixed toward black.

#1f65e8

#1350bf

#0f3c8f

#0a285f

#051430

Tints

Color #4e86ed mixed toward white.

#6c9af0

#89aef3

#a7c3f6

#c4d7f9

#e2ebfc

Tones

Color #4e86ed mixed toward gray.

#5b8ae0

#698ed3

#7692c5

#8396b8

#909aab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.96:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6bda · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#6763d5 · ΔE 14.2

Tritanopia

#52c9c5 · ΔE 34.1

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 25.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e86ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e86ed]

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

#4e86ed (#4e86ed) is rgb(78, 134, 237) in RGB.

No, #4e86ed 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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