#4e4ea5

Color #4e4ea5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 8.43 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4ea5

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 165)

HSL

hsl(240, 35.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 52.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 52.7%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(37.45, 24.92, -47.17)

LCH

lch(37.45, 53.35, 297.85)

OKLCH

oklch(47.1%, 0.1366, 279.78)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a54e

Analogous

#4e79a5

#4e4ea5

#794ea5

Triadic

#4e4ea5

#a54e4e

#4ea54e

Split-complementary

#4e4ea5

#a5794e

#79a54e

Tetradic

#4e4ea5

#a54ea5

#a5a54e

#4ea54e

Square

#4e4ea5

#a54e79

#a5a54e

#4ea579

Shades

Color #4e4ea5 mixed toward black.

#414189

#34346e

#272752

#1a1a37

#0d0d1b

Tints

Color #4e4ea5 mixed toward white.

#6868b8

#8686c6

#a4a4d4

#c3c3e2

#e1e1f1

Tones

Color #4e4ea5 mixed toward gray.

#55559e

#5c5c96

#64648f

#6b6b88

#727281

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.96:1

White text reads better on this background (7.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e96 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4e4e92 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#4e8885 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4ea5]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4ea5 (#4e4ea5) is rgb(78, 78, 165) in RGB.

No, #4e4ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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