#4859a6

Color #4859a6

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.08 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4859a6

RGB

rgb(72, 89, 166)

HSL

hsl(229.1, 39.5%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.1, 56.6%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 46.4%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(40.04, 16.89, -43.64)

LCH

lch(40.04, 46.79, 291.16)

OKLCH

oklch(48.9%, 0.1244, 271.75)

HWB

hwb(229.1, 28.2%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a69548

Analogous

#4888a6

#4859a6

#6648a6

Triadic

#4859a6

#a64859

#59a648

Split-complementary

#4859a6

#a66648

#88a648

Tetradic

#4859a6

#9548a6

#a69548

#59a648

Square

#4859a6

#a64888

#a69548

#48a666

Shades

Color #4859a6 mixed toward black.

#3c4a8a

#303b6f

#242d53

#181e37

#0c0f1c

Tints

Color #4859a6 mixed toward white.

#6171ba

#818ec8

#a0aad6

#c0c6e4

#dfe3f1

Tones

Color #4859a6 mixed toward gray.

#505e9e

#586396

#60688f

#676d87

#6f727f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.26:1

White text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#505098 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#4f4e94 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#498b88 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#5e5e5e · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4859a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4859a6]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#4859a6 (#4859a6) is rgb(72, 89, 166) in RGB.

No, #4859a6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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