#4d40ab

Color #4d40ab

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4d40ab

RGB

rgb(77, 64, 171)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 45.5%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 62.6%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(55%, 62.6%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(34.36, 35.43, -55.75)

LCH

lch(34.36, 66.06, 302.44)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.1642, 283.05)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 25.1%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9eab40

Analogous

#4069ab

#4d40ab

#8340ab

Triadic

#4d40ab

#ab4d40

#40ab4d

Split-complementary

#4d40ab

#ab8340

#69ab40

Tetradic

#4d40ab

#ab409e

#9eab40

#40ab4d

Square

#4d40ab

#ab4069

#9eab40

#40ab83

Shades

Color #4d40ab mixed toward black.

#40358f

#332b72

#272056

#1a1539

#0d0b1d

Tints

Color #4d40ab mixed toward white.

#6558c1

#847acd

#a39bda

#c1bce6

#e0def3

Tones

Color #4d40ab mixed toward gray.

#5449a2

#5b5299

#615b90

#686487

#6f6d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.64:1

White text reads better on this background (7.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48489a · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#484995 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#4c8a86 · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 26.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d40ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d40ab]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4d40ab (#4d40ab) is rgb(77, 64, 171) in RGB.

No, #4d40ab 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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