#4e4e7e

Color #4e4e7e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 20.55 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4e7e

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 126)

HSL

hsl(240, 23.5%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 38.1%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.1%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(35.15, 12.62, -27.14)

LCH

lch(35.15, 29.93, 294.94)

OKLCH

oklch(44.6%, 0.078, 282.74)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e7e4e

Analogous

#4e667e

#4e4e7e

#664e7e

Triadic

#4e4e7e

#7e4e4e

#4e7e4e

Split-complementary

#4e4e7e

#7e664e

#667e4e

Tetradic

#4e4e7e

#7e4e7e

#7e7e4e

#4e7e4e

Square

#4e4e7e

#7e4e66

#7e7e4e

#4e7e66

Shades

Color #4e4e7e mixed toward black.

#414169

#343454

#27273f

#1a1a2a

#0d0d15

Tints

Color #4e4e7e mixed toward white.

#62629d

#8181b1

#a1a1c4

#c0c0d8

#e0e0eb

Tones

Color #4e4e7e mixed toward gray.

#52527a

#565676

#5a5a72

#5e5e6e

#62626a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.71:1

White text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e75 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#4e4e72 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#4e6c6b · ΔE 24.3

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 18.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4e7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4e7e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4e7e (#4e4e7e) is rgb(78, 78, 126) in RGB.

No, #4e4e7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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