#4b4b8e

Color #4b4b8e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.7 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4b4b8e

RGB

rgb(75, 75, 142)

HSL

hsl(240, 30.9%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 47.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.2%, 47.2%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(34.96, 18.7, -37.28)

LCH

lch(34.96, 41.71, 296.64)

OKLCH

oklch(44.7%, 0.1077, 281.13)

HWB

hwb(240, 29.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8e4b

Analogous

#4b6c8e

#4b4b8e

#6c4b8e

Triadic

#4b4b8e

#8e4b4b

#4b8e4b

Split-complementary

#4b4b8e

#8e6c4b

#6c8e4b

Tetradic

#4b4b8e

#8e4b8e

#8e8e4b

#4b8e4b

Square

#4b4b8e

#8e4b6c

#8e8e4b

#4b8e6c

Shades

Color #4b4b8e mixed toward black.

#3e3e76

#32325f

#252547

#19192f

#0c0c18

Tints

Color #4b4b8e mixed toward white.

#5f5fab

#7f7fbb

#9f9fcc

#bfbfdd

#dfdfee

Tones

Color #4b4b8e mixed toward gray.

#505088

#565683

#5c5c7d

#616178

#676772

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.7:1

White text reads better on this background (7.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b82 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#4b4b7f · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#4b7774 · ΔE 28.3

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 22.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4b4b8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b4b8e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4b4b8e (#4b4b8e) is rgb(75, 75, 142) in RGB.

No, #4b4b8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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