#4b6979

Color #4b6979

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-800 #005f78 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4b6979

RGB

rgb(75, 105, 121)

HSL

hsl(200.9, 23.5%, 38.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.9, 38%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(38%, 13.2%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(42.73, -6.55, -12.41)

LCH

lch(42.73, 14.03, 242.17)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.0433, 231.94)

HWB

hwb(200.9, 29.4%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#795b4b

Analogous

#4b7972

#4b6979

#4b5279

Triadic

#4b6979

#794b69

#69794b

Split-complementary

#4b6979

#794b52

#79724b

Tetradic

#4b6979

#5b4b79

#795b4b

#69794b

Square

#4b6979

#724b79

#795b4b

#52794b

Shades

Color #4b6979 mixed toward black.

#3e5765

#324651

#25343c

#192328

#0c1114

Tints

Color #4b6979 mixed toward white.

#5f8599

#7e9eaf

#9eb6c3

#beced7

#dfe7eb

Tones

Color #4b6979 mixed toward gray.

#4f6875

#536771

#56656d

#5a646a

#5e6366

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.6:1

White text reads better on this background (5.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#595a75 · ΔE 15

Deuteranopia

#585574 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#4d7272 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 11.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b6979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b6979]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4b6979 (#4b6979) is rgb(75, 105, 121) in RGB.

No, #4b6979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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