#4b6ea8

Color #4b6ea8

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.31 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4b6ea8

RGB

rgb(75, 110, 168)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 38.3%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 55.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(46.28, 4.99, -34.91)

LCH

lch(46.28, 35.26, 278.13)

OKLCH

oklch(53.8%, 0.1, 260.09)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 29.4%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8854b

Analogous

#4b9ca8

#4b6ea8

#564ba8

Triadic

#4b6ea8

#a84b6e

#6ea84b

Split-complementary

#4b6ea8

#a8564b

#9ca84b

Tetradic

#4b6ea8

#854ba8

#a8854b

#6ea84b

Square

#4b6ea8

#a84b9c

#a8854b

#4ba856

Shades

Color #4b6ea8 mixed toward black.

#3e5c8c

#324970

#253754

#192538

#0c121c

Tints

Color #4b6ea8 mixed toward white.

#6585ba

#849ec8

#a3b6d6

#c1cee4

#e0e7f1

Tones

Color #4b6ea8 mixed toward gray.

#5370a0

#5a7298

#627491

#6a7689

#727781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.09:1

White text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c9c · ΔE 9.5

Deuteranopia

#5a579a · ΔE 10.8

Tritanopia

#4d9290 · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b6ea8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b6ea8]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4b6ea8 (#4b6ea8) is rgb(75, 110, 168) in RGB.

No, #4b6ea8 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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