#4f8ae7

Color #4f8ae7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 5.57 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#4f8ae7

RGB

rgb(79, 138, 231)

HSL

hsl(216.7, 76%, 60.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.7, 65.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.8%, 40.3%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(57.66, 10.09, -52.8)

LCH

lch(57.66, 53.76, 280.82)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.1532, 259.17)

HWB

hwb(216.7, 31%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7ac4f

Analogous

#4fd6e7

#4f8ae7

#604fe7

Triadic

#4f8ae7

#e74f8a

#8ae74f

Split-complementary

#4f8ae7

#e7604f

#d6e74f

Tetradic

#4f8ae7

#ac4fe7

#e7ac4f

#8ae74f

Square

#4f8ae7

#e74fd6

#e7ac4f

#4fe760

Shades

Color #4f8ae7 mixed toward black.

#226ce1

#1956b6

#134088

#0c2b5b

#06152d

Tints

Color #4f8ae7 mixed toward white.

#6c9eeb

#8ab1ef

#a7c5f3

#c4d8f7

#e2ecfb

Tones

Color #4f8ae7 mixed toward gray.

#5c8dda

#6890ce

#7593c1

#8295b4

#8e98a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6ed5 · ΔE 12.8

Deuteranopia

#6a65d1 · ΔE 15.4

Tritanopia

#53c6c2 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 24.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4f8ae7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f8ae7]

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

#4f8ae7 (#4f8ae7) is rgb(79, 138, 231) in RGB.

No, #4f8ae7 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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