#4946ad

Color #4946ad

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.06 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4946ad

RGB

rgb(73, 70, 173)

HSL

hsl(241.7, 42.4%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.7, 59.5%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.8%, 59.5%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(35.62, 31.61, -54.91)

LCH

lch(35.62, 63.36, 299.93)

OKLCH

oklch(45.8%, 0.1597, 279.33)

HWB

hwb(241.7, 27.5%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaad46

Analogous

#4676ad

#4946ad

#7c46ad

Triadic

#4946ad

#ad4946

#46ad49

Split-complementary

#4946ad

#ad7c46

#76ad46

Tetradic

#4946ad

#ad46aa

#aaad46

#46ad49

Square

#4946ad

#ad4676

#aaad46

#46ad7c

Shades

Color #4946ad mixed toward black.

#3d3a90

#312f73

#242356

#18173a

#0c0c1d

Tints

Color #4946ad mixed toward white.

#6360bf

#8280cc

#a1a0d9

#c1c0e5

#e0dff2

Tones

Color #4946ad mixed toward gray.

#514ea4

#59579c

#616093

#69688b

#717182

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.76:1

White text reads better on this background (7.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48489c · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#484897 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#498c89 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 26.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4946ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4946ad]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4946ad (#4946ad) is rgb(73, 70, 173) in RGB.

No, #4946ad is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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