#4b4b97

Color #4b4b97

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 6.47 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4b4b97

RGB

rgb(75, 75, 151)

HSL

hsl(240, 33.6%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 50.3%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.3%, 50.3%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(35.52, 21.6, -41.86)

LCH

lch(35.52, 47.1, 297.29)

OKLCH

oklch(45.3%, 0.1212, 280.41)

HWB

hwb(240, 29.4%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97974b

Analogous

#4b7197

#4b4b97

#714b97

Triadic

#4b4b97

#974b4b

#4b974b

Split-complementary

#4b4b97

#97714b

#71974b

Tetradic

#4b4b97

#974b97

#97974b

#4b974b

Square

#4b4b97

#974b71

#97974b

#4b9771

Shades

Color #4b4b97 mixed toward black.

#3f3f7e

#323265

#26264b

#191932

#0d0d19

Tints

Color #4b4b97 mixed toward white.

#6161b0

#8080c0

#a0a0d0

#c0c0e0

#dfdfef

Tones

Color #4b4b97 mixed toward gray.

#515191

#58588a

#5e5e84

#64647e

#6b6b77

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.75:1

White text reads better on this background (7.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b89 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4b4b86 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#4b7d7a · ΔE 29.9

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b4b97;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b4b97]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4b4b97 (#4b4b97) is rgb(75, 75, 151) in RGB.

No, #4b4b97 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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