#4e89e7

Color #4e89e7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 6.2 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e89e7

RGB

rgb(78, 137, 231)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 76.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 66.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 40.7%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(57.35, 10.52, -53.31)

LCH

lch(57.35, 54.34, 281.16)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.1547, 259.34)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 30.6%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7ac4e

Analogous

#4ed5e7

#4e89e7

#604ee7

Triadic

#4e89e7

#e74e89

#89e74e

Split-complementary

#4e89e7

#e7604e

#d5e74e

Tetradic

#4e89e7

#ac4ee7

#e7ac4e

#89e74e

Square

#4e89e7

#e74ed5

#e7ac4e

#4ee760

Shades

Color #4e89e7 mixed toward black.

#216be1

#1955b5

#124088

#0c2a5b

#06152d

Tints

Color #4e89e7 mixed toward white.

#6c9deb

#89b0ef

#a7c4f3

#c4d8f7

#e2ebfb

Tones

Color #4e89e7 mixed toward gray.

#5b8cda

#688fce

#7492c1

#8195b4

#8e98a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6dd5 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#6964d1 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#52c5c2 · ΔE 32

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e89e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e89e7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4e89e7 (#4e89e7) is rgb(78, 137, 231) in RGB.

No, #4e89e7 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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