#405e94

Color #405e94

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.94 Nearest Tailwind class sky-800 #00598a · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#405e94

RGB

rgb(64, 94, 148)

HSL

hsl(218.6, 39.6%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.6, 56.8%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(39.97, 5.77, -33.03)

LCH

lch(39.97, 33.53, 279.91)

OKLCH

oklch(48.4%, 0.0944, 261.48)

HWB

hwb(218.6, 25.1%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#947640

Analogous

#408894

#405e94

#4c4094

Triadic

#405e94

#94405e

#5e9440

Split-complementary

#405e94

#944c40

#889440

Tetradic

#405e94

#764094

#947640

#5e9440

Square

#405e94

#944088

#947640

#40944c

Shades

Color #405e94 mixed toward black.

#354e7b

#2b3f63

#202f4a

#151f31

#0b1019

Tints

Color #405e94 mixed toward white.

#5275b4

#7490c3

#97acd2

#bac8e1

#dce3f0

Tones

Color #405e94 mixed toward gray.

#47608d

#4e6286

#55647f

#5c6678

#636871

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.25:1

White text reads better on this background (6.47:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f89 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#4d4b87 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#42807e · ΔE 25

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 19.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #405e94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#405e94]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#405e94 (#405e94) is rgb(64, 94, 148) in RGB.

No, #405e94 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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