#4a2ae6

Color #4a2ae6

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-700 #432dd7 · ΔE 2.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4a2ae6

RGB

rgb(74, 42, 230)

HSL

hsl(250.2, 79%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.2, 81.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.8%, 81.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(35.64, 64.17, -88.07)

LCH

lch(35.64, 108.97, 306.08)

OKLCH

oklch(47.4%, 0.2569, 277.94)

HWB

hwb(250.2, 16.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6e62a

Analogous

#2a68e6

#4a2ae6

#a82ae6

Triadic

#4a2ae6

#e64a2a

#2ae64a

Split-complementary

#4a2ae6

#e6a82a

#68e62a

Tetradic

#4a2ae6

#e62ac6

#c6e62a

#2ae64a

Square

#4a2ae6

#e62a68

#c6e62a

#2ae6a8

Shades

Color #4a2ae6 mixed toward black.

#3618cb

#2b13a2

#210e7a

#160a51

#0b0529

Tints

Color #4a2ae6 mixed toward white.

#684dea

#8671ee

#a494f2

#c3b8f7

#e1dbfb

Tones

Color #4a2ae6 mixed toward gray.

#543ad6

#5f49c7

#6959b7

#7369a7

#7e7898

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.76:1

White text reads better on this background (7.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3e3ecc · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#4042c5 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#49b4af · ΔE 49.4

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 31.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a2ae6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a2ae6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#4a2ae6 (#4a2ae6) is rgb(74, 42, 230) in RGB.

No, #4a2ae6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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