#4e4e68

Color #4e4e68

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4e68

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 104)

HSL

hsl(240, 14.3%, 35.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 25%, 40.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25%, 25%, 0%, 59.2%)

LAB

lab(34.12, 6.35, -15.03)

LCH

lch(34.12, 16.32, 292.9)

OKLCH

oklch(43.5%, 0.0427, 284.52)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 59.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#68684e

Analogous

#4e5b68

#4e4e68

#5b4e68

Triadic

#4e4e68

#684e4e

#4e684e

Split-complementary

#4e4e68

#685b4e

#5b684e

Tetradic

#4e4e68

#684e68

#68684e

#4e684e

Square

#4e4e68

#684e5b

#68684e

#4e685b

Shades

Color #4e4e68 mixed toward black.

#414157

#343445

#272734

#1a1a23

#0d0d11

Tints

Color #4e4e68 mixed toward white.

#656587

#8282a1

#a1a1b9

#c1c1d0

#e0e0e8

Tones

Color #4e4e68 mixed toward gray.

#505066

#525264

#555562

#57575f

#59595d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e62 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#4e4e61 · ΔE 2.8

Tritanopia

#4e5e5d · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 12.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4e68;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4e68]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4e68 (#4e4e68) is rgb(78, 78, 104) in RGB.

No, #4e4e68 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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