#4f79ed

Color #4f79ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4f79ed

RGB

rgb(79, 121, 237)

HSL

hsl(224.1, 81.4%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.1, 66.7%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(53.44, 22.52, -62.91)

LCH

lch(53.44, 66.82, 289.7)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.1808, 266.16)

HWB

hwb(224.1, 31%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc34f

Analogous

#4fc8ed

#4f79ed

#744fed

Triadic

#4f79ed

#ed4f79

#79ed4f

Split-complementary

#4f79ed

#ed744f

#c8ed4f

Tetradic

#4f79ed

#c34fed

#edc34f

#79ed4f

Square

#4f79ed

#ed4fc8

#edc34f

#4fed74

Shades

Color #4f79ed mixed toward black.

#1f55e8

#1441bf

#0f318f

#0a2160

#051030

Tints

Color #4f79ed mixed toward white.

#6d8ff0

#8aa6f3

#a7bcf6

#c4d2f9

#e2e9fc

Tones

Color #4f79ed mixed toward gray.

#5c7fe0

#6a85d3

#778cc6

#8492b8

#9198ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6464d8 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#615ed3 · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#52c6c1 · ΔE 37.2

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 26.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4f79ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f79ed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4f79ed (#4f79ed) is rgb(79, 121, 237) in RGB.

No, #4f79ed 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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