#4e90ff

Color #4e90ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 5.23 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e90ff

RGB

rgb(78, 144, 255)

HSL

hsl(217.6, 100%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.6, 69.4%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.4%, 43.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(60.59, 14.63, -61.38)

LCH

lch(60.59, 63.1, 283.41)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.1782, 260.15)

HWB

hwb(217.6, 30.6%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffbd4e

Analogous

#4ee9ff

#4e90ff

#644eff

Triadic

#4e90ff

#ff4e90

#90ff4e

Split-complementary

#4e90ff

#ff644e

#e9ff4e

Tetradic

#4e90ff

#bd4eff

#ffbd4e

#90ff4e

Square

#4e90ff

#ff4ee9

#ffbd4e

#4eff64

Shades

Color #4e90ff mixed toward black.

#176dff

#0053de

#003ea7

#00296f

#001538

Tints

Color #4e90ff mixed toward white.

#6ca3ff

#89b5ff

#a7c8ff

#c4daff

#e2edff

Tones

Color #4e90ff mixed toward gray.

#5d94f0

#6c98e2

#7a9bd3

#899fc4

#98a3b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7171ea · ΔE 13.2

Deuteranopia

#6d67e5 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#53d8d4 · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e90ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e90ff]

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

#4e90ff (#4e90ff) is rgb(78, 144, 255) in RGB.

No, #4e90ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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