#4b40aa

Color #4b40aa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.51 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4b40aa

RGB

rgb(75, 64, 170)

HSL

hsl(246.2, 45.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.2, 62.4%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.9%, 62.4%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(34.12, 34.73, -55.56)

LCH

lch(34.12, 65.52, 302.01)

OKLCH

oklch(44.7%, 0.1632, 282.24)

HWB

hwb(246.2, 25.1%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9faa40

Analogous

#406aaa

#4b40aa

#8040aa

Triadic

#4b40aa

#aa4b40

#40aa4b

Split-complementary

#4b40aa

#aa8040

#6aaa40

Tetradic

#4b40aa

#aa409f

#9faa40

#40aa4b

Square

#4b40aa

#aa406a

#9faa40

#40aa80

Shades

Color #4b40aa mixed toward black.

#3e358e

#322b71

#252055

#191539

#0c0b1c

Tints

Color #4b40aa mixed toward white.

#6358c0

#8279cd

#a19bd9

#c0bce6

#e0def2

Tones

Color #4b40aa mixed toward gray.

#5249a1

#595298

#605b90

#676387

#6e6c7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464699 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#474894 · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#4a8985 · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b40aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b40aa]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b40aa (#4b40aa) is rgb(75, 64, 170) in RGB.

No, #4b40aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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