#4b42ee

Color #4b42ee

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 17.72 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#4b42ee

RGB

rgb(75, 66, 238)

HSL

hsl(243.1, 83.5%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.1, 72.3%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(68.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(40.51, 55.17, -84.55)

LCH

lch(40.51, 100.96, 303.12)

OKLCH

oklch(51.1%, 0.2456, 275.59)

HWB

hwb(243.1, 25.9%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ee42

Analogous

#428fee

#4b42ee

#a142ee

Triadic

#4b42ee

#ee4b42

#42ee4b

Split-complementary

#4b42ee

#eea142

#8fee42

Tetradic

#4b42ee

#ee42e5

#e5ee42

#42ee4b

Square

#4b42ee

#ee428f

#e5ee42

#42eea1

Shades

Color #4b42ee mixed toward black.

#2015e8

#1911ba

#130d8b

#0d085d

#06042e

Tints

Color #4b42ee mixed toward white.

#6961f1

#8781f4

#a5a0f7

#c3c0f9

#e1dffc

Tones

Color #4b42ee mixed toward gray.

#5850e0

#655fd1

#716dc3

#7e7bb5

#8b8aa6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.31:1

White text reads better on this background (6.34:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4747d4 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#4848ce · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#4bbdb7 · ΔE 47.4

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 30.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b42ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b42ee]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4b42ee (#4b42ee) is rgb(75, 66, 238) in RGB.

No, #4b42ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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