#4b4489

Color #4b4489

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 6.5 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4b4489

RGB

rgb(75, 68, 137)

HSL

hsl(246.1, 33.7%, 40.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.1, 50.4%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.3%, 50.4%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(32.78, 21.65, -37.71)

LCH

lch(32.78, 43.48, 299.86)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.1109, 285.31)

HWB

hwb(246.1, 26.7%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#828944

Analogous

#445f89

#4b4489

#6e4489

Triadic

#4b4489

#894b44

#44894b

Split-complementary

#4b4489

#896e44

#5f8944

Tetradic

#4b4489

#894482

#828944

#44894b

Square

#4b4489

#89445f

#828944

#44896e

Shades

Color #4b4489 mixed toward black.

#3e3972

#322d5b

#252245

#19172e

#0c0b17

Tints

Color #4b4489 mixed toward white.

#5e55ab

#7e77bc

#9e99cc

#bfbbdd

#dfddee

Tones

Color #4b4489 mixed toward gray.

#504a83

#544f7e

#595578

#5d5b72

#62616c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.49:1

White text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48487d · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#484979 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#4b726f · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b4489;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b4489]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b4489 (#4b4489) is rgb(75, 68, 137) in RGB.

No, #4b4489 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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