#4ea0eb

Color #4ea0eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.91 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4ea0eb

RGB

rgb(78, 160, 235)

HSL

hsl(208.7, 79.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208.7, 66.8%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.8%, 31.9%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(63.96, -1.6, -45.04)

LCH

lch(63.96, 45.07, 267.97)

OKLCH

oklch(68.8%, 0.1369, 248.63)

HWB

hwb(208.7, 30.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb994e

Analogous

#4eebe8

#4ea0eb

#4e52eb

Triadic

#4ea0eb

#eb4ea0

#a0eb4e

Split-complementary

#4ea0eb

#eb4e52

#ebe84e

Tetradic

#4ea0eb

#994eeb

#eb994e

#a0eb4e

Square

#4ea0eb

#e84eeb

#eb994e

#52eb4e

Shades

Color #4ea0eb mixed toward black.

#1f87e6

#156cbc

#10518d

#0b365e

#051b2f

Tints

Color #4ea0eb mixed toward white.

#6cb0ee

#89c0f2

#a7cff5

#c4dff8

#e2effc

Tones

Color #4ea0eb mixed toward gray.

#5b9fde

#689fd1

#759ec4

#829eb7

#8f9daa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7bdc · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#756fd8 · ΔE 20.6

Tritanopia

#55cfcc · ΔE 26.7

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ea0eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ea0eb]

Related colors

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Slate Gray #708090

Steel Blue #4682b4

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4ea0eb (#4ea0eb) is rgb(78, 160, 235) in RGB.

No, #4ea0eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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