#4655FF colour

#4655FF is a vivid blue close to CSS royalblue: RGB 70, 85, 255, HSL 235, 100%, 64%. White text passes AA (5.24:1). Tints, shades and colour harmonies.

#4655FF

Nearest CSS name: royalblue #4169e1 (not an exact match)
Described as: a vivid blue
Red, green, blue: 70, 85, 255
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.1502 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#4655ff`
RGB	`rgb(70, 85, 255)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(27.5% 33.3% 100%)`
HSL	`hsl(235.1, 100%, 63.7%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(235.1, 72.5%, 100%)`
HWB	`hwb(235.1 27.5% 0%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(73%, 67%, 0%, 0%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(44.14% 39.07 -87.75)`
OKLCH	`oklch(55.17% 0.2478 271.33)`
Decimal	`4609535`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 5.24:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 4.00:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	5.24:1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Pass
Black	4.00:1	Fail	Pass	Fail	Fail

White text is the better choice on #4655FF (5.24:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#5764ff 18%#6874ff 27%#7883ff 36%#8993ff 45%#9aa2ff 55%#abb2ff 64%#bcc1ff 73%#cdd1ff 82%#dde0ff 91%#eef0ff

9%#404de8 18%#3946d1 27%#333eb9 36%#2d36a2 45%#262e8b 55%#202774 64%#191f5d 73%#131746 82%#0d0f2e 91%#060817

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#4655ff #fff046

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#46b2ff #4655ff #9446ff

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#4655ff #ff4655 #55ff46

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#4655ff #ff9446 #b2ff46

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#4655ff #ff46b2 #fff046 #46ff94

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#4655ff Protanopia#0075ff Deuteranopia#0063fc Tritanopia#0083a3 Achromatopsia#6c6c6c

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #4655ff;`
Background	`background-color: #4655ff;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #4655ff;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(70 85 255 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #4655ff;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4655ff, #2a3399);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #9099ff, #4655ff);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #4655ff; color: #fff;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #4655FF to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.