#4c5e94

Color #4c5e94

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 17.37 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4c5e94

RGB

rgb(76, 94, 148)

HSL

hsl(225, 32.1%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225, 48.6%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(40.7, 8.69, -31.82)

LCH

lch(40.7, 32.99, 285.27)

OKLCH

oklch(49.2%, 0.0896, 268.98)

HWB

hwb(225, 29.8%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94824c

Analogous

#4c8294

#4c5e94

#5e4c94

Triadic

#4c5e94

#944c5e

#5e944c

Split-complementary

#4c5e94

#945e4c

#82944c

Tetradic

#4c5e94

#824c94

#94824c

#5e944c

Square

#4c5e94

#944c82

#94824c

#4c945e

Shades

Color #4c5e94 mixed toward black.

#3f4e7b

#333f63

#262f4a

#191f31

#0d1019

Tints

Color #4c5e94 mixed toward white.

#6275ae

#8190be

#a1acce

#c0c8df

#e0e3ef

Tones

Color #4c5e94 mixed toward gray.

#52618e

#586488

#5e6782

#646a7c

#6a6d76

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.34:1

White text reads better on this background (6.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545589 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#535287 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#4d807e · ΔE 25.4

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c5e94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c5e94]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4c5e94 (#4c5e94) is rgb(76, 94, 148) in RGB.

No, #4c5e94 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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