#4f6ecb

Color #4f6ecb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 16.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4f6ecb

RGB

rgb(79, 110, 203)

HSL

hsl(225, 54.4%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 61.1%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 45.8%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(48.42, 17.62, -51.77)

LCH

lch(48.42, 54.69, 288.8)

OKLCH

oklch(56.2%, 0.1479, 267.6)

HWB

hwb(225, 31%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbac4f

Analogous

#4faccb

#4f6ecb

#6e4fcb

Triadic

#4f6ecb

#cb4f6e

#6ecb4f

Split-complementary

#4f6ecb

#cb6e4f

#accb4f

Tetradic

#4f6ecb

#ac4fcb

#cbac4f

#6ecb4f

Square

#4f6ecb

#cb4fac

#cbac4f

#4fcb6e

Shades

Color #4f6ecb mixed toward black.

#3656b5

#2b4491

#20336d

#152249

#0b1124

Tints

Color #4f6ecb mixed toward white.

#6c86d4

#8a9edc

#a7b7e5

#c4cfee

#e2e7f6

Tones

Color #4f6ecb mixed toward gray.

#5973c1

#6478b6

#6e7eac

#7883a2

#838897

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.43:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5e5eba · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#5c5ab5 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#51aba7 · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4f6ecb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f6ecb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4f6ecb (#4f6ecb) is rgb(79, 110, 203) in RGB.

No, #4f6ecb 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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