#465aaa

Color #465aaa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.47 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#465aaa

RGB

rgb(70, 90, 170)

HSL

hsl(228, 41.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(228, 58.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.8%, 47.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(40.44, 17.2, -45.38)

LCH

lch(40.44, 48.53, 290.76)

OKLCH

oklch(49.3%, 0.1295, 270.49)

HWB

hwb(228, 27.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa9646

Analogous

#468caa

#465aaa

#6446aa

Triadic

#465aaa

#aa465a

#5aaa46

Split-complementary

#465aaa

#aa6446

#8caa46

Tetradic

#465aaa

#9646aa

#aa9646

#5aaa46

Square

#465aaa

#aa468c

#aa9646

#46aa64

Shades

Color #465aaa mixed toward black.

#3a4b8e

#2f3c71

#232d55

#171e39

#0c0f1c

Tints

Color #465aaa mixed toward white.

#6072bd

#808fcb

#9fabd8

#bfc7e5

#dfe3f2

Tones

Color #465aaa mixed toward gray.

#4e5fa2

#576499

#5f6991

#676e89

#707380

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.3:1

White text reads better on this background (6.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f509b · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#4e4d98 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#478e8b · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 23.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #465aaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#465aaa]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#465aaa (#465aaa) is rgb(70, 90, 170) in RGB.

No, #465aaa 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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