#4b5afd Color Information

#4b5afd Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #4b5afd. In RGB, it consists of 29.4% Red, 35.3% Green, and 99.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 70.4% Cyan, 64.4% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 234.9°, with saturation of 97.8% and lightness of 64.3%. The decimal value for #4b5afd is 4938493, and its nearest "web safe" color is #3366ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #4b5afd is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#4b5afd Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color75, 90, 253 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color29.4%, 35.3%, 99.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.706, 0.647, 0.008 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.704, 0.644, 0, 0.008 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color234.9°, 97.8%, 64.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color234.9°, 70.4%, 99.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color24.287, 15.900, 94.717 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color75, 89, 253 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code4938493 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color46.843, 46.411, -82.571 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)46.843, 94.720, 299.339 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color46.843, -12.311, -125.871 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color39.875, 38.942, -112.923 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.180, 0.118, 15.900 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4283128573 / 0xff4b5afd Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#3366ff Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #4b5afd

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #4b5afd, its pure hue is 234.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.8%, and its lightness is 64.3%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #4b5afd, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #090b20 to #424fdd.

Tints of #4b5afd

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #4b5afd, its pure hue is 234.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.8%, and its lightness is 64.3%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #4b5afd, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #626ffd to #e9eaff.

Tones of #4b5afd

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #4b5afd, its pure hue is 234.9° on the color wheel and its saturation is 97.8%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #4b5afd, which range from #a4a4a4 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #4958ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #4b5afd

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #4b5afd! For #4b5afd, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #4b5afd. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #4b5afd

This color, #4b5afd, consists of 29.4% Red, 35.3% Green, and 99.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 75, Green = 90, Blue = 253. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #4b5afd is 70.4% Cyan, 64.4% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R29.4%
C70.4%
G35.3%
M64.4%
B99.2%
Y0.0%
K0.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 75 90 253
Octal 113 132 375
Hexa #4b #5a #fd
Binary 01001011 01011010 11111101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 70 64 0 0
Octal 106 100 0 0
Hexa #46 #40 #00 #00
Binary 01000110 01000000 00000000 00000000

Analogous Colors of #4b5afd

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #4b5afd — which has hue 234.9° — its analogous colors are located at 204.9° and 264.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #4b5afd.

Triadic Colors of #4b5afd

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #4b5afd — which has hue 234.9° — its triadic colors are located at 114.9° and 354.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #4b5afd.

Complementary Color of #4b5afd

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #4b5afd — which has hue 234.9° — its complementary color is located at 54.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #4b5afd.

Split Complementary Colors of #4b5afd

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #4b5afd — which has hue 234.9° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 24.9° and 234.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #4b5afd.

Tetradic Colors of #4b5afd

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #4b5afd — which has hue 234.9° — its tetradic colors are located at 144.9°, 234.9°, 324.9°, and 54.9° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #4b5afd.

Monochromatic Colors of #4b5afd

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #4b5afd, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #0417e9 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #a5acff (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #4b5afd

We want to make getting started with #4b5afd on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #4b5afd into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #4b5afd can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #4b5afd with other HTML elements.

#4b5afd Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #4b5afd.
<span style="color: #4b5afd;">The color of this text is #4b5afd.</span>

#4b5afd Background Color

The background color for this text is #4b5afd.
<div style="background-color: #4b5afd; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #4b5afd.</div>

#4b5afd Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #4b5afd.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #4b5afd;">This color for the shadow of this text is #4b5afd.</span>

#4b5afd Border Color

This is a div with border color #4b5afd.
<div style="border: #4b5afd 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #4b5afd.</div>

#4b5afd Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #4b5afd on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #4b5afd; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #4b5afd on a white background.</div></div>

#4b5afd Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #4b5afd on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #4b5afd; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #4b5afd on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #4b5afd to White

This is a gradient from #4b5afd to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#4b5afd,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#4b5afd,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#4b5afd,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#4b5afd,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #4b5afd to white.</div>

Gradient from #4b5afd to Black

This is a gradient from #4b5afd to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#4b5afd,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#4b5afd,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#4b5afd,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#4b5afd,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #4b5afd to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #4b5afd

In addition to using #4b5afd on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #4b5afd in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #4b5afd, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 75, Green = 90, Blue = 253). If you need details about the color coordinates of #4b5afd in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #4b5afd
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(75, 90, 253)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #4b5afd; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #4b5afd; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #4b5afd; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(75, 90, 253);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#4b5afd")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:75, green:90, blue:253, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:75 green:90 blue:253 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(75f, 90f, 253f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(75, 90, 253);
 

#4b5afd Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #4b5afd the same way. For those with color blindness, #4b5afd might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #4b5afd looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #4b5afd is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #4b5afd looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #4b5afd will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #4b5afd is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 5.0:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #4b5afd would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

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WCAG AAA
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