#4940b9

Color #4940b9

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.77 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4940b9

RGB

rgb(73, 64, 185)

HSL

hsl(244.5, 48.6%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.5, 65.4%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.5%, 65.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(35.17, 39.24, -62.75)

LCH

lch(35.17, 74.01, 302.02)

OKLCH

oklch(45.8%, 0.1833, 279.64)

HWB

hwb(244.5, 25.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0b940

Analogous

#4073b9

#4940b9

#8640b9

Triadic

#4940b9

#b94940

#40b949

Split-complementary

#4940b9

#b98640

#73b940

Tetradic

#4940b9

#b940b0

#b0b940

#40b949

Square

#4940b9

#b94073

#b0b940

#40b986

Shades

Color #4940b9 mixed toward black.

#3d359a

#312b7b

#25205c

#18153e

#0c0b1f

Tints

Color #4940b9 mixed toward white.

#655dc7

#847ed2

#a39edd

#c2bee9

#e0dff4

Tones

Color #4940b9 mixed toward gray.

#524aaf

#5a54a5

#635e9b

#6b6891

#747287

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4545a6 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#4646a1 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#499490 · ΔE 39

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4940b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4940b9]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4940b9 (#4940b9) is rgb(73, 64, 185) in RGB.

No, #4940b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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