#4b38e3

Color #4b38e3

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 15.97 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4b38e3

RGB

rgb(75, 56, 227)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 75.3%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 75.3%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(67%, 75.3%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(37.61, 57.01, -83.1)

LCH

lch(37.61, 100.78, 304.45)

OKLCH

oklch(48.7%, 0.2421, 277.45)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 22%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d0e338

Analogous

#387ae3

#4b38e3

#a138e3

Triadic

#4b38e3

#e34b38

#38e34b

Split-complementary

#4b38e3

#e3a138

#7ae338

Tetradic

#4b38e3

#e338d0

#d0e338

#38e34b

Square

#4b38e3

#e3387a

#d0e338

#38e3a1

Shades

Color #4b38e3 mixed toward black.

#311dcf

#2717a5

#1d117c

#140c53

#0a0629

Tints

Color #4b38e3 mixed toward white.

#6959e8

#877aec

#a59cf1

#c3bdf6

#e1defa

Tones

Color #4b38e3 mixed toward gray.

#5646d5

#6155c6

#6c63b8

#7771aa

#827f9c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.97:1

White text reads better on this background (7.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4443ca · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#4546c4 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#4ab3ae · ΔE 47.3

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 30.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b38e3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b38e3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b38e3 (#4b38e3) is rgb(75, 56, 227) in RGB.

No, #4b38e3 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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