#4e4e8c

Color #4e4e8c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.89 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4e8c

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 140)

HSL

hsl(240, 28.4%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 44.3%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.3%, 44.3%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(35.91, 16.91, -34.54)

LCH

lch(35.91, 38.46, 296.09)

OKLCH

oklch(45.4%, 0.0997, 281.69)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c8c4e

Analogous

#4e6d8c

#4e4e8c

#6d4e8c

Triadic

#4e4e8c

#8c4e4e

#4e8c4e

Split-complementary

#4e4e8c

#8c6d4e

#6d8c4e

Tetradic

#4e4e8c

#8c4e8c

#8c8c4e

#4e8c4e

Square

#4e4e8c

#8c4e6d

#8c8c4e

#4e8c6d

Shades

Color #4e4e8c mixed toward black.

#414175

#34345d

#272746

#1a1a2f

#0d0d17

Tints

Color #4e4e8c mixed toward white.

#6363a8

#8282b9

#a1a1cb

#c0c0dc

#e0e0ee

Tones

Color #4e4e8c mixed toward gray.

#535387

#585882

#5d5d7c

#636377

#686872

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.79:1

White text reads better on this background (7.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e80 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4e4e7d · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#4e7674 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4e8c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4e8c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4e8c (#4e4e8c) is rgb(78, 78, 140) in RGB.

No, #4e4e8c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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