#4f79bd

Color #4f79bd

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.03 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4f79bd

RGB

rgb(79, 121, 189)

HSL

hsl(217.1, 45.5%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.1, 58.2%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.2%, 36%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(50.7, 6.11, -40.11)

LCH

lch(50.7, 40.57, 278.66)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.1154, 259.62)

HWB

hwb(217.1, 31%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd934f

Analogous

#4fb0bd

#4f79bd

#5c4fbd

Triadic

#4f79bd

#bd4f79

#79bd4f

Split-complementary

#4f79bd

#bd5c4f

#b0bd4f

Tetradic

#4f79bd

#934fbd

#bd934f

#79bd4f

Square

#4f79bd

#bd4fb0

#bd934f

#4fbd5c

Shades

Color #4f79bd mixed toward black.

#3d64a2

#315082

#243c61

#182841

#0c1420

Tints

Color #4f79bd mixed toward white.

#6c8fc8

#8aa6d3

#a7bcde

#c4d2e9

#e2e9f4

Tones

Color #4f79bd mixed toward gray.

#587bb4

#617dab

#6a7fa1

#748298

#7d848f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6464b0 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#615eac · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#52a4a1 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4f79bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f79bd]

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

#4f79bd (#4f79bd) is rgb(79, 121, 189) in RGB.

No, #4f79bd 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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