#4a5a94

Color #4a5a94

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 19.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4a5a94

RGB

rgb(74, 90, 148)

HSL

hsl(227, 33.3%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227, 50%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 39.2%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(39.42, 10.72, -33.85)

LCH

lch(39.42, 35.51, 287.57)

OKLCH

oklch(48.2%, 0.0956, 270.78)

HWB

hwb(227, 29%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94844a

Analogous

#4a7f94

#4a5a94

#5f4a94

Triadic

#4a5a94

#944a5a

#5a944a

Split-complementary

#4a5a94

#945f4a

#7f944a

Tetradic

#4a5a94

#844a94

#94844a

#5a944a

Square

#4a5a94

#944a7f

#94844a

#4a945f

Shades

Color #4a5a94 mixed toward black.

#3e4b7b

#313c63

#252d4a

#191e31

#0c0f19

Tints

Color #4a5a94 mixed toward white.

#5f70af

#7f8dbf

#9fa9cf

#bfc6df

#dfe2ef

Tones

Color #4a5a94 mixed toward gray.

#505d8e

#566188

#5c6481

#63687b

#696b75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.18:1

White text reads better on this background (6.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515289 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#504f86 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#4b7f7d · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#5d5d5d · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a5a94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a5a94]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#4a5a94 (#4a5a94) is rgb(74, 90, 148) in RGB.

No, #4a5a94 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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