#4d429c

Color #4d429c

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.22 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4d429c

RGB

rgb(77, 66, 156)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 40.5%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 57.7%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(33.72, 29.41, -47.78)

LCH

lch(33.72, 56.11, 301.61)

OKLCH

oklch(44.1%, 0.1411, 284.57)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 25.9%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#919c42

Analogous

#42649c

#4d429c

#7a429c

Triadic

#4d429c

#9c4d42

#429c4d

Split-complementary

#4d429c

#9c7a42

#649c42

Tetradic

#4d429c

#9c4291

#919c42

#429c4d

Square

#4d429c

#9c4264

#919c42

#429c7a

Shades

Color #4d429c mixed toward black.

#403782

#332c68

#26214e

#1a1634

#0d0b1a

Tints

Color #4d429c mixed toward white.

#6256b8

#8278c6

#a19ad4

#c0bce2

#e0ddf1

Tones

Color #4d429c mixed toward gray.

#534994

#58518d

#5e5885

#64607e

#696776

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.57:1

White text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#48488d · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#494a89 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#4c7f7c · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 25.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d429c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d429c]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4d429c (#4d429c) is rgb(77, 66, 156) in RGB.

No, #4d429c 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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