#4c5bc1

Color #4c5bc1

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.05 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4c5bc1

RGB

rgb(76, 91, 193)

HSL

hsl(232.3, 48.5%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(232.3, 60.6%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(42.56, 25.61, -55.42)

LCH

lch(42.56, 61.05, 294.8)

OKLCH

oklch(51.5%, 0.1591, 273.21)

HWB

hwb(232.3, 29.8%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c1b24c

Analogous

#4c95c1

#4c5bc1

#774cc1

Triadic

#4c5bc1

#c14c5b

#5bc14c

Split-complementary

#4c5bc1

#c1774c

#95c14c

Tetradic

#4c5bc1

#b24cc1

#c1b24c

#5bc14c

Square

#4c5bc1

#c14c95

#c1b24c

#4cc177

Shades

Color #4c5bc1 mixed toward black.

#3a48a6

#2e3985

#232b64

#171d43

#0c0e21

Tints

Color #4c5bc1 mixed toward white.

#6a76cb

#8892d6

#a5ade0

#c3c8ea

#e1e4f5

Tones

Color #4c5bc1 mixed toward gray.

#5662b7

#5f69ad

#6971a4

#73789a

#7d7f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.57:1

White text reads better on this background (5.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5353af · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#5251ab · ΔE 4.9

Tritanopia

#4d9f9b · ΔE 36.1

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 25.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c5bc1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c5bc1]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#4c5bc1 (#4c5bc1) is rgb(76, 91, 193) in RGB.

No, #4c5bc1 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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