#4728aa

Color #4728aa

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Indigo #4b0082 · ΔE 14.35 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-800 #372aac · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4728aa

RGB

rgb(71, 40, 170)

HSL

hsl(254.3, 61.9%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(254.3, 76.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(28.8, 47.67, -64.28)

LCH

lch(28.8, 80.03, 306.56)

OKLCH

oklch(40.7%, 0.1918, 285.02)

HWB

hwb(254.3, 15.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8baa28

Analogous

#284aaa

#4728aa

#8828aa

Triadic

#4728aa

#aa4728

#28aa47

Split-complementary

#4728aa

#aa8828

#4aaa28

Tetradic

#4728aa

#aa288b

#8baa28

#28aa47

Square

#4728aa

#aa284a

#8baa28

#28aa88

Shades

Color #4728aa mixed toward black.

#3b218e

#2f1b71

#241455

#180d39

#0c071c

Tints

Color #4728aa mixed toward white.

#5a35cf

#7b5dd9

#9c86e2

#bdaeec

#ded7f5

Tones

Color #4728aa mixed toward gray.

#4d339f

#523e94

#58498a

#5e537f

#635e74

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

9.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.15:1

White text reads better on this background (9.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#3c3c97 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#3d3f92 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#468681 · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#444444 · ΔE 28.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4728aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4728aa]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#4728aa (#4728aa) is rgb(71, 40, 170) in RGB.

No, #4728aa 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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