#4556ad

Color #4556ad

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4556ad

RGB

rgb(69, 86, 173)

HSL

hsl(230.2, 43%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.2, 60.1%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.1%, 50.3%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(39.47, 20.62, -48.7)

LCH

lch(39.47, 52.89, 292.95)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.1394, 271.93)

HWB

hwb(230.2, 27.1%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad9c45

Analogous

#458aad

#4556ad

#6845ad

Triadic

#4556ad

#ad4556

#56ad45

Split-complementary

#4556ad

#ad6845

#8aad45

Tetradic

#4556ad

#9c45ad

#ad9c45

#56ad45

Square

#4556ad

#ad458a

#ad9c45

#45ad68

Shades

Color #4556ad mixed toward black.

#3a4890

#2e3973

#232b57

#171d3a

#0c0e1d

Tints

Color #4556ad mixed toward white.

#5f6fbf

#7f8ccc

#9fa9d9

#bfc5e6

#dfe2f2

Tones

Color #4556ad mixed toward gray.

#4e5ca5

#56629c

#5f6893

#686d8a

#707382

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.19:1

White text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d9d · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#4c4b99 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#46908c · ΔE 33.4

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 24.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4556ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4556ad]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4556ad (#4556ad) is rgb(69, 86, 173) in RGB.

No, #4556ad 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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