#4e508e

Color #4e508e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.54 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e508e

RGB

rgb(78, 80, 142)

HSL

hsl(238.1, 29.1%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.1, 45.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 43.7%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(36.57, 16.25, -34.71)

LCH

lch(36.57, 38.33, 295.09)

OKLCH

oklch(46%, 0.0997, 280.28)

HWB

hwb(238.1, 30.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8c4e

Analogous

#4e708e

#4e508e

#6c4e8e

Triadic

#4e508e

#8e4e50

#508e4e

Split-complementary

#4e508e

#8e6c4e

#708e4e

Tetradic

#4e508e

#8c4e8e

#8e8c4e

#508e4e

Square

#4e508e

#8e4e70

#8e8c4e

#4e8e6c

Shades

Color #4e508e mixed toward black.

#414376

#34355f

#272847

#1a1b2f

#0d0d18

Tints

Color #4e508e mixed toward white.

#6365a9

#8284ba

#a1a3cc

#c1c1dd

#e0e0ee

Tones

Color #4e508e mixed toward gray.

#535589

#595a83

#5e5f7e

#636479

#696973

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.86:1

White text reads better on this background (7.34:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f82 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4f4f7f · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#4e7876 · ΔE 27

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e508e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e508e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e508e (#4e508e) is rgb(78, 80, 142) in RGB.

No, #4e508e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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