#475ea5

Color #475ea5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 16.67 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#475ea5

RGB

rgb(71, 94, 165)

HSL

hsl(225.3, 39.8%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.3, 57%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57%, 43%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(41.31, 13.13, -41.02)

LCH

lch(41.31, 43.07, 287.75)

OKLCH

oklch(49.9%, 0.1166, 268.43)

HWB

hwb(225.3, 27.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a58e47

Analogous

#478da5

#475ea5

#5f47a5

Triadic

#475ea5

#a5475e

#5ea547

Split-complementary

#475ea5

#a55f47

#8da547

Tetradic

#475ea5

#8e47a5

#a58e47

#5ea547

Square

#475ea5

#a5478d

#a58e47

#47a55f

Shades

Color #475ea5 mixed toward black.

#3b4e8a

#2f3f6e

#242f53

#181f37

#0c101c

Tints

Color #475ea5 mixed toward white.

#5f76ba

#7f91c8

#9fadd6

#bfc8e4

#dfe4f1

Tones

Color #475ea5 mixed toward gray.

#4f629d

#576695

#5f6a8e

#666e86

#6e727e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.41:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#525298 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#514f94 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#488c89 · ΔE 29.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #475ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#475ea5]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#475ea5 (#475ea5) is rgb(71, 94, 165) in RGB.

No, #475ea5 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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