#4a5b9c

Color #4a5b9c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.9 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4a5b9c

RGB

rgb(74, 91, 156)

HSL

hsl(227.6, 35.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.6, 52.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.6%, 41.7%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(40.14, 12.71, -37.51)

LCH

lch(40.14, 39.6, 288.72)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.1063, 270.97)

HWB

hwb(227.6, 29%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c8b4a

Analogous

#4a849c

#4a5b9c

#624a9c

Triadic

#4a5b9c

#9c4a5b

#5b9c4a

Split-complementary

#4a5b9c

#9c624a

#849c4a

Tetradic

#4a5b9c

#8b4a9c

#9c8b4a

#5b9c4a

Square

#4a5b9c

#9c4a84

#9c8b4a

#4a9c62

Shades

Color #4a5b9c mixed toward black.

#3e4c82

#313d68

#252d4e

#191e34

#0c0f1a

Tints

Color #4a5b9c mixed toward white.

#6172b4

#808ec3

#a0aad2

#c0c7e1

#dfe3f0

Tones

Color #4a5b9c mixed toward gray.

#515f95

#58638e

#5e6788

#656b81

#6c6f7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.27:1

White text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525290 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#51508c · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#4b8582 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4a5b9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a5b9c]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#4a5b9c (#4a5b9c) is rgb(74, 91, 156) in RGB.

No, #4a5b9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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