#4c42a8

Color #4c42a8

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 11.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4c42a8

RGB

rgb(76, 66, 168)

HSL

hsl(245.9, 43.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.9, 60.7%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.8%, 60.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(34.52, 33.05, -53.71)

LCH

lch(34.52, 63.06, 301.61)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.1577, 282.41)

HWB

hwb(245.9, 25.9%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea842

Analogous

#426ba8

#4c42a8

#7f42a8

Triadic

#4c42a8

#a84c42

#42a84c

Split-complementary

#4c42a8

#a87f42

#6ba842

Tetradic

#4c42a8

#a8429e

#9ea842

#42a84c

Square

#4c42a8

#a8426b

#9ea842

#42a87f

Shades

Color #4c42a8 mixed toward black.

#3f378c

#332c70

#262154

#191638

#0d0b1c

Tints

Color #4c42a8 mixed toward white.

#645abe

#837bcb

#a29cd8

#c1bde5

#e0def2

Tones

Color #4c42a8 mixed toward gray.

#534ba0

#5a5397

#615c8f

#676486

#6e6d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.65:1

White text reads better on this background (7.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#484897 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#484993 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#4c8884 · ΔE 35.1

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 26.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c42a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c42a8]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4c42a8 (#4c42a8) is rgb(76, 66, 168) in RGB.

No, #4c42a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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