#4e49b2

Color #4e49b2

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 9.32 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e49b2

RGB

rgb(78, 73, 178)

HSL

hsl(242.9, 41.8%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.9, 59%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.2%, 59%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(37.11, 32.32, -55.45)

LCH

lch(37.11, 64.18, 300.24)

OKLCH

oklch(47.1%, 0.1616, 280.34)

HWB

hwb(242.9, 28.6%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adb249

Analogous

#4978b2

#4e49b2

#8349b2

Triadic

#4e49b2

#b24e49

#49b24e

Split-complementary

#4e49b2

#b28349

#78b249

Tetradic

#4e49b2

#b249ad

#adb249

#49b24e

Square

#4e49b2

#b24978

#adb249

#49b283

Shades

Color #4e49b2 mixed toward black.

#413d94

#343177

#272559

#1a183b

#0d0c1e

Tints

Color #4e49b2 mixed toward white.

#6a66c0

#8885cd

#a6a3d9

#c4c2e6

#e1e0f2

Tones

Color #4e49b2 mixed toward gray.

#5652a9

#5e5aa0

#666398

#6e6c8f

#767586

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.92:1

White text reads better on this background (7.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4ca0 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#4c4d9c · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#4e918d · ΔE 36.2

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 26.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e49b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e49b2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e49b2 (#4e49b2) is rgb(78, 73, 178) in RGB.

No, #4e49b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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