#4b40a3

Color #4b40a3

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4b40a3

RGB

rgb(75, 64, 163)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 43.6%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 60.7%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 60.7%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(33.58, 32.48, -52.24)

LCH

lch(33.58, 61.51, 301.87)

OKLCH

oklch(44.1%, 0.1538, 283.11)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 25.1%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#98a340

Analogous

#4066a3

#4b40a3

#7d40a3

Triadic

#4b40a3

#a34b40

#40a34b

Split-complementary

#4b40a3

#a37d40

#66a340

Tetradic

#4b40a3

#a34098

#98a340

#40a34b

Square

#4b40a3

#a34066

#98a340

#40a37d

Shades

Color #4b40a3 mixed toward black.

#3f3588

#322b6d

#262051

#191536

#0d0b1b

Tints

Color #4b40a3 mixed toward white.

#6156bc

#8178ca

#a099d7

#c0bbe4

#dfddf2

Tones

Color #4b40a3 mixed toward gray.

#51489b

#585092

#5e598a

#656182

#6b697a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.56:1

White text reads better on this background (8.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#464693 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#47488e · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#4a8480 · ΔE 34.5

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 26

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b40a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b40a3]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b40a3 (#4b40a3) is rgb(75, 64, 163) in RGB.

No, #4b40a3 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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