#4e8de6

Color #4e8de6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.24 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e8de6

RGB

rgb(78, 141, 230)

HSL

hsl(215.1, 75.2%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.1, 66.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.1%, 38.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(58.4, 7.79, -51.08)

LCH

lch(58.4, 51.67, 278.67)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.149, 257.33)

HWB

hwb(215.1, 30.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6a74e

Analogous

#4ed9e6

#4e8de6

#5b4ee6

Triadic

#4e8de6

#e64e8d

#8de64e

Split-complementary

#4e8de6

#e65b4e

#d9e64e

Tetradic

#4e8de6

#a74ee6

#e6a74e

#8de64e

Square

#4e8de6

#e64ed9

#e6a74e

#4ee65b

Shades

Color #4e8de6 mixed toward black.

#2170e0

#195ab4

#134387

#0d2d5a

#06162d

Tints

Color #4e8de6 mixed toward white.

#6ca0ea

#89b3ee

#a7c6f2

#c4d9f7

#e2ecfb

Tones

Color #4e8de6 mixed toward gray.

#5b8fd9

#6791cd

#7494c0

#8196b3

#8d98a7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.28:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6fd5 · ΔE 13.8

Deuteranopia

#6b66d0 · ΔE 16.4

Tritanopia

#53c6c2 · ΔE 31.1

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 23.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e8de6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e8de6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e8de6 (#4e8de6) is rgb(78, 141, 230) in RGB.

No, #4e8de6 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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