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Blue
#4B749B

Blue (#4B749B) with RGB(75, 116, 155) and HSL(209, 35%, 45%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

CyanCorecool
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Interactive

UI Sandbox

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Active theme: Blue
Values

Production-ready color values

Copy formats for CSS, handoff docs, tokens, and implementation.

HEX
#4B749B
RGB
rgb(75, 116, 155)
HSL
hsl(209, 35%, 45%)
HSV
hsv(209, 52%, 61%)
CMYK
cmyk(52%, 25%, 0%, 39%)
Decimal
4945051
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
4.92:1
Aa
On black
4.27:1
Shades

Tonal scale

#0D151C#192734#294056#3A5A78#4B749B#648EB4#87A7C5#A2BBD2#C1D2E1#E0E8F0
90080070060050040030020010050
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
WCAG AA PASS
Text
4.92:1
On Black
FAIL
Text
4.27:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

Palette combinations from this base color

Open any harmony as a shareable palette route and keep refining from there.

Complementary
Open palette
#4B749B#9B714B
#4B749B#9B4B74#749B4B
Analogous
Open palette
#4B9B9A#4B889B#4B749B#4B609B#4B4C9B
Split complementary
Open palette
#4B749B#9B4B4C#9B9A4B
Tetradic
Open palette
#4B749B#9A4B9B#9B714B#4C9B4B
Monochromatic
Open palette
#213445#3A5A78#5381AC#87A7C5#BACDDE
Analysis

Design expert profile

Detailed psychological and professional strategy for this specific tone.

Blue (#4B749B) with RGB(75, 116, 155) and HSL(209, 35%, 45%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
cyancorecoolhex-4b749bh-209s-35l-45
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Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Blue */
color: #4B749B;
background-color: #4B749B;
border-color: #4B749B;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #4b749b40;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#4B749B] text-[#4B749B] border-[#4B749B] ring-[#4B749B]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.294, green: 0.455, blue: 0.608)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFF4B749B)
Android XML
<color name="blue">#4B749B</color>
React Native
{ color: '#4B749B' }
Social Media

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Related colors

Nearby named colors

Gray
#808080
Dim Gray
#696969
Light Slate Gray
#778899
Slate Gray
#708090
Medium Sea Green
#3CB371
Sea Green
#2E8B57
Brand Match

Closest real-world color

Benjamin Moore
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HC-156 · #4A6A8A
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About

About Blue

This section gives the same kind of richer color context you’d expect from a dedicated color reference page.

Meaning
Blue sits in the cyan family with a core tone, so it holds enough weight for primary UI accents. It reads as calm, credible, and interface-friendly.
Applications
Blue (#4B749B) with RGB(75, 116, 155) and HSL(209, 35%, 45%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as text or iconography on lighter contexts when paired carefully.
Family
Cyan
Tone
Core
Temperature
cool
Keywords
cyan, core, cool, hex-4b749b, h-209, s-35
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#4B749B
RGB
rgb(75, 116, 155)
HSL
hsl(209, 35%, 45%)
HSV
hsv(209, 52%, 61%)
CMYK
cmyk(52%, 25%, 0%, 39%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

#0D151C#192734#294056#3A5A78#4B749B#648EB4#87A7C5#A2BBD2#C1D2E1#E0E8F0
900
#0D151C
800
#192734
700
#294056
600
#3A5A78
500
#4B749B
400
#648EB4
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

Move from a single color into full palette ideas based on common harmony systems.

Complementary
Open palette
#4B749B#9B714B
#4B749B#9B4B74#749B4B
Analogous
Open palette
#4B9B9A#4B889B#4B749B#4B609B#4B4C9B
Split complementary
Open palette
#4B749B#9B4B4C#9B9A4B
Tetradic
Open palette
#4B749B#9A4B9B#9B714B#4C9B4B
Monochromatic
Open palette
#213445#3A5A78#5381AC#87A7C5#BACDDE
Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#5D5D92
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#5A578F
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#4D8A88
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
4.92:1
AA passes for normal text.
Aa
On black
4.27:1
Only large-text AA passes.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

Use nearby colors when you want alternatives with a similar overall feel but a different hue or intensity.

Gray
#808080
Dim Gray
#696969
Light Slate Gray
#778899
Slate Gray
#708090
Medium Sea Green
#3CB371
Sea Green
#2E8B57
Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Blue
Closest standard CSS name to #4B749B for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-cyan-core
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
cyan-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #4B749B as the core value.
HSL token
209 35% 45%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.
Color palettes

Palette ideas related to this color

These palette routes are pulled from the curated library based on RGB similarity, so you can branch into more complete systems quickly.

Nordic Night
Similarity score 9
Open
coolminimalblue
Glacier Blue
Similarity score 9
Open
coolnaturalminimal
Nautical
Similarity score 9
Open
boldbluecool
Soft Coral
Similarity score 12
Open
coolsoftvibrant
Metro Rainbow
Similarity score 16
Open
vibrantboldrainbow
Mountain Air
Similarity score 16
Open
naturalcoolcalm
Navy Vintage
Similarity score 22
Open
vintagebluedark
Industrial
Similarity score 40
Open
darkmutedmodern