#4a75ae

Color #4a75ae

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.1 Nearest Tailwind class sky-700 #0069a8 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4a75ae

RGB

rgb(74, 117, 174)

HSL

hsl(214.2, 40.3%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.2, 57.5%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.5%, 32.8%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(48.55, 2.49, -34.84)

LCH

lch(48.55, 34.93, 274.09)

OKLCH

oklch(55.7%, 0.1014, 255.9)

HWB

hwb(214.2, 29%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae834a

Analogous

#4aa7ae

#4a75ae

#514aae

Triadic

#4a75ae

#ae4a75

#75ae4a

Split-complementary

#4a75ae

#ae514a

#a7ae4a

Tetradic

#4a75ae

#834aae

#ae834a

#75ae4a

Square

#4a75ae

#ae4aa7

#ae834a

#4aae51

Shades

Color #4a75ae mixed toward black.

#3e6191

#314e74

#253a57

#19273a

#0c131d

Tints

Color #4a75ae mixed toward white.

#668cbe

#84a3cb

#a3bad8

#c2d1e5

#e0e8f2

Tones

Color #4a75ae mixed toward gray.

#5276a6

#5b779d

#637895

#6b7a8d

#747b84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.45:1

White text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6060a3 · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#5d5aa0 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#4d9996 · ΔE 25.1

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a75ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a75ae]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4a75ae (#4a75ae) is rgb(74, 117, 174) in RGB.

No, #4a75ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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