#4c49a1

Color #4c49a1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#4c49a1

RGB

rgb(76, 73, 161)

HSL

hsl(242, 37.6%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242, 54.7%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.8%, 54.7%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(35.74, 26.37, -47.54)

LCH

lch(35.74, 54.36, 299.02)

OKLCH

oklch(45.7%, 0.1383, 280.96)

HWB

hwb(242, 28.6%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ea149

Analogous

#4972a1

#4c49a1

#7849a1

Triadic

#4c49a1

#a14c49

#49a14c

Split-complementary

#4c49a1

#a17849

#72a149

Tetradic

#4c49a1

#a1499e

#9ea149

#49a14c

Square

#4c49a1

#a14972

#9ea149

#49a178

Shades

Color #4c49a1 mixed toward black.

#3f3d86

#33316b

#262551

#191836

#0d0c1b

Tints

Color #4c49a1 mixed toward white.

#6461b7

#8380c6

#a2a0d4

#c1c0e2

#e0dff1

Tones

Color #4c49a1 mixed toward gray.

#53509a

#5a5892

#615f8b

#676684

#6e6e7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.77:1

White text reads better on this background (7.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b92 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#4b4b8e · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#4c8481 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c49a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c49a1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4c49a1 (#4c49a1) is rgb(76, 73, 161) in RGB.

No, #4c49a1 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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