#4894DE

sRGB · 72 / 148 / 222

#4894DE belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 72 red, 148 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 209.6° lands in the azure region. Its 69.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 57.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.57:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 72, 148, 222
HSL: 209.60°, 69.44%, 57.65%
HSV / HSB: 209.60°, 67.57%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 67.57%, 33.33%, 0.00%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 26.445, 27.830, 73.088
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.735, -0.025, -44.526
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27831
24-bit decimal: 4756702

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #4894DE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 6.57:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.20:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DE9248 sits half a turn (180°) from #4894DE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#4894DE #DE9248

Analogous

#48DEDD and #4849DE sit 30° to either side of #4894DE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#48DEDD #4894DE #4849DE

Triadic

#4894DE, #DE4894 and #94DE48 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#4894DE #DE4894 #94DE48

Split complementary

Start at #4894DE and look across the wheel. #DE4849 and #DEDD48 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#4894DE #DE4849 #DEDD48

Square

Starting with #4894DE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DD48DE, #DE9248, then #49DE48. Across the square, #4894DE pairs with #DE9248, and #DD48DE with #49DE48.

#4894DE #DD48DE #DE9248 #49DE48

Tetradic

#4894DE and #DE9248 are opposites, as are #9248DE and #94DE48. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#4894DE #9248DE #DE9248 #94DE48

Tints

Mixing #4894DE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6DA9E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAEAF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#4894DE #6DA9E5 #91BFEB #B6D4F2 #DAEAF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #4894DE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #3A76B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E1E2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#4894DE #3A76B2 #2B5985 #1D3B59 #0E1E2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #4894DE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5390CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #758493, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#4894DE #5390CB #5E8CB8 #6A88A6 #758493 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#4894DE

RGB

rgb(72 148 222)

HSL

hsl(209.600 69.444% 57.647%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #4894DE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#4894DE uses 72 red, 148 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 28.2%

Green 58.0%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #4894DE is 67.6% cyan, 33.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 67.6%

Magenta 33.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #4499DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #49D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #4894DE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3399CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #4499DD Nearest web-safe · #3399CC

Gradient to complement

#4894DE #6194C5 #7A93AC #939393 #AC937A #C59261 #DE9248

Color vision previews

Compare how #4894DE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7398E1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5E89DD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00A5AF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6595E0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5A8EDD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3999CE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#909090

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#7392BC

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.06480 G 0.29614 B 0.73046

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.35892 G 0.57347 B 0.84758

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.10587 G 0.28846 B 0.68765

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.208 y 0.219 Y 27.830

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 71.765 M % 41.961 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01001000 10010100 11011110