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#4792bf

a balanced, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Steel Blue

Token name suggestion: Atlas Denim

RGB
71, 146, 191
HSL
203°, 48%, 51%
CMYK
63, 24, 0, 25
Luminance
0.2566

#4792bf is a balanced vivid blue, 203° on the wheel and 97/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.13:1). As text it scores 3.42:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is sky.

hsl(203 48% 51%)rgb(71 146 191)Base step 600AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #4792bf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#4792bf
Hue
203°
blue
Saturation
48%
vivid
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
53%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2566
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
97/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
6.13:1
Closest name
Steel Blue
ΔE2000 6.1
Chroma
31.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.631
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
sky
500 · ΔE 7.1
Web-safe
#3399CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue203° of 360°
Saturation48%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #4792bf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool97% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red5%
Green80%
Blue15%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#4792bf
HEX (8-digit)#4792bfff
RGBrgb(71, 146, 191)
RGBArgba(71, 146, 191, 1)
HSLhsl(203, 48%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(203, 63%, 75%)
HWBhwb(203 28% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 24%, 0%, 25%)
LABlab(57.7 -9.4 -30.3)
LCHlch(57.7 31.7 252.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.631 0.101 237.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(22.28, 25.66, 53.06)
Decimal4690623
Display P3color(display-p3 0.278 0.573 0.749)
Web-safe#3399CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #4792bf;
background-color: #4792bf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #4792bf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#4792bf] bg-[#4792bf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #4792bf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.278, green: 0.573, blue: 0.749)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.278, green: 0.573, blue: 0.749, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#4792BF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF4792BF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF4792BF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(191, 146, 71)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(71, 146, 191)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(71, 146, 191)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 71, 146, 191)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2784f, 0.5725f, 0.7490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{71,146,191}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #4792bf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #4792bf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#21475F, #D3E4EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #4792bf h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F8FA;
  --brand-100: #EAF1F5;
  --brand-200: #D0E1EC;
  --brand-300: #ACCEE2;
  --brand-400: #82B5D4;
  --brand-500: #589CC5;
  --brand-600: #4792bf;
  --brand-700: #357297;
  --brand-800: #2A5B79;
  --brand-900: #224458;
  --brand-950: #152B37;
  --brand: #4792bf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F8FA;
  --brand-border: #C2DBEA;
  --brand-hover: #3A7FA8;
  --brand-pressed: #316B8E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141E24;
    --brand-ink: #D3E4EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F8FA',
        100: '#EAF1F5',
        200: '#D0E1EC',
        300: '#ACCEE2',
        400: '#82B5D4',
        500: '#589CC5',
        600: '#4792bf',
        700: '#357297',
        800: '#2A5B79',
        900: '#224458',
        950: '#152B37',
        DEFAULT: '#4792bf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F8FA,
  '100': #EAF1F5,
  '200': #D0E1EC,
  '300': #ACCEE2,
  '400': #82B5D4,
  '500': #589CC5,
  '600': #4792bf,
  '700': #357297,
  '800': #2A5B79,
  '900': #224458,
  '950': #152B37,
);
$brand-base: #4792bf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F8FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAF1F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D0E1EC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ACCEE2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#82B5D4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#589CC5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4792bf", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#357297", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2A5B79", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#224458", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#152B37", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #4792bf · 6.13:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.42:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.13:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #4792bf as text scores 3.42:1 on white and 6.13:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #21475F at 2.88:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#397CA4 · 4.57:1
AA on white−8% L
#397CA4
The quick fox
#2B5D7B · 7.11:1
AAA on white−19% L
#2B5D7B
The quick fox
#4792bf · 6.13:1
AA on blackalready passes
#4792bf
The quick fox
#5A9DC6 · 7.07:1
AAA on black+5% L
#5A9DC6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #4792BF is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#4792bf on white: 3.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#4792bf on black: 6.13:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #4792bf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #4792bf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.42:1AaAa
Slate 503.27:1AaAa
Slate 1003.13:1AaAa
Slate 2002.78:1AaAa
Slate 3002.31:1AaAa
Slate 4001.34:1AaAa
Slate 5001.39:1AaAa
Slate 6002.21:1AaAa
Slate 7003.02:1AaAa
Slate 8004.27:1AaAa
Slate 9005.21:1AaAa
Black6.13:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7D91C1
deuteranopia · #6D85BE
tritanopia · #009DA1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #4792bf is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F8FA
#EAF1F5
#D0E1EC
#ACCEE2
#82B5D4
#589CC5
#4792bf
#357297
#2A5B79
#224458
#152B37
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F4F8FADarkest = 950 · #152B37Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.025 237.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.040 237.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.060 237.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.078 237.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.093 237.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.101 237.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.101 237.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.095 237.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.085 237.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.070 237.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.055 237.6);
}

Colors that work with #4792bf

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F8FA
Tinted page background
Border#C2DBEA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B7D9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#C45242
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#21475F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#ECF4F8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141E24
Dark-mode background
Hover#3A7FA8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#316B8E
Two steps down
Disabled#ACBFCA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#4B9ED0
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #4792bf

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #21475F
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BF7447
Analogous left#47BFB0
Analogous right#4756BF
Split-complement 1#BF4756
Split-complement 2#BFB047
Triadic 1#BF4792
Triadic 2#92BF47
Tetradic#B047BF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°203°

#4792bf sits at 203°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red27.8%
Green57.3%
Blue74.9%
R · 0–255
71
0x47
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
191
0xbf

CMYK percentages

Cyan62.8%
Magenta23.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)25.1%

Total ink coverage is 112%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#4792bf text on a black background

contrast 6.13:1

Card sample

#4792bf text on a white background

contrast 3.42:1

Card sample

#4792bf on grey

3.13:1

#4792bf on its own surface

3.21:1

#4792bf on its dark surface

4.94:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #4792bf;
Background color
Panel with #4792bf background
background-color: #4792bf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #4792bf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(71, 146, 191, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(71, 146, 191, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #4792bf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4792bf, #4C47BF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #4792bf, #6A47BF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #4792bf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #4792bf;
caret-color: #4792bf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #4792bf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #ECF4F8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #4792bf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#4792bf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #4792bf over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(71, 146, 191, 0.5)
rgb(71 146 191 / 50%)
#4792bf80
hsl(203 48% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #4792bf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#4792bf1a#EDF4F9
20%#4792bf33#DAE9F2
40%#4792bf66#B5D3E5
60%#4792bf99#91BED9
80%#4792bfcc#6CA8CC

Gradients from #4792bf

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #74ADCF, #4792bf 45%, #21475F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #4792bf, #4A3CAC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #4792bf, #BF7447);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #8BBAD7 0%, #4792bf 45%, #21475F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F8FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6DCCB8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #5E62C7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #21475F 0%, transparent 65%), #4792bf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #4792bf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#4792bf in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 6.13:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#4792bf, answered

What color is #4792bf?

#4792bf is a balanced vivid blue, closest to Steel Blue (ΔE2000 6.1). It sits at 203° on the hue wheel with 48% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #4792bf?

rgb(71, 146, 191) — 71 red, 146 green and 191 blue out of 255, or 27.8% / 57.3% / 74.9% by channel.

What is #4792bf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(203, 48%, 51%) and hsv(203, 63%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #4792bf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2566 and perceived brightness is 53%, so black text on it reaches 6.13:1.

Should I use black or white text on #4792bf?

Black. It scores 6.13:1 against #4792bf, versus 3.42:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #4792bf accessible on a white background?

#4792bf on white scores 3.42:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #397CA4 to reach 4.5:1, or #2B5D7B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #4792bf?

#BF7447 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BF4756 and #BFB047, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #4792bf?

For interface work: #F4F8FA as the surface, #C2DBEA for borders, #4B7D9B for secondary text, #C45242 as an accent and #21475F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #47BFB0 and #4756BF stays calm, while #BF7447 is the loudest partner.

What is #4792bf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(63%, 24%, 0%, 25%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #4792bf warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 97 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #47BEBF; nudged cooler, #3B7AB2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #4792bf?

The sky family — its 500 step is #0ea5e9, ΔE2000 7.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #4792bf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #4792bf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#4792bf] or text-[#4792bf], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #4792bf with 50% opacity?

rgba(71, 146, 191, 0.5), or #4792bf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A3C9DF; over black, #244960.

Is #4792bf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #3399CC, ΔE2000 2.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #4792bf mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #4792bf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #74ADCF, #4792bf 45%, #21475F). For more colour, a short hue run to #4A3CAC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #4792bf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #4792bf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.