#4e61aa

Color #4e61aa

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.72 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e61aa

RGB

rgb(78, 97, 170)

HSL

hsl(227.6, 37.1%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.6, 54.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.1%, 42.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(42.87, 14.46, -41.47)

LCH

lch(42.87, 43.92, 289.22)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.1177, 270.78)

HWB

hwb(227.6, 30.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa974e

Analogous

#4e8faa

#4e61aa

#694eaa

Triadic

#4e61aa

#aa4e61

#61aa4e

Split-complementary

#4e61aa

#aa694e

#8faa4e

Tetradic

#4e61aa

#974eaa

#aa974e

#61aa4e

Square

#4e61aa

#aa4e8f

#aa974e

#4eaa69

Shades

Color #4e61aa mixed toward black.

#41518e

#344171

#273055

#1a2039

#0d101c

Tints

Color #4e61aa mixed toward white.

#697aba

#8795c8

#a5afd6

#c3cae4

#e1e4f1

Tones

Color #4e61aa mixed toward gray.

#5665a2

#5d6a9b

#656e93

#6d738b

#747784

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.61:1

White text reads better on this background (5.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#57579c · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#565499 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#4f908d · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e61aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e61aa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#4e61aa (#4e61aa) is rgb(78, 97, 170) in RGB.

No, #4e61aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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