#4d55ec

Color #4d55ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 14.25 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4d55ec

RGB

rgb(77, 85, 236)

HSL

hsl(237, 80.7%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237, 67.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.4%, 64%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(44.42, 43.97, -77.01)

LCH

lch(44.42, 88.68, 299.72)

OKLCH

oklch(53.9%, 0.2228, 273.78)

HWB

hwb(237, 30.2%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece44d

Analogous

#4da5ec

#4d55ec

#954dec

Triadic

#4d55ec

#ec4d55

#55ec4d

Split-complementary

#4d55ec

#ec954d

#a5ec4d

Tetradic

#4d55ec

#e44dec

#ece44d

#55ec4d

Square

#4d55ec

#ec4da5

#ece44d

#4dec95

Shades

Color #4d55ec mixed toward black.

#1e28e7

#141dbd

#0f158d

#0a0e5e

#05072f

Tints

Color #4d55ec mixed toward white.

#6b71ef

#888ef2

#a6aaf6

#c4c6f9

#e1e3fc

Tones

Color #4d55ec mixed toward gray.

#5a61df

#686dd2

#7579c4

#8285b7

#8f91aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.83:1

White text reads better on this background (5.49:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5151d4 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#5050ce · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#4dbeb9 · ΔE 43.8

Achromatopsia

#696969 · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4d55ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4d55ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4d55ec (#4d55ec) is rgb(77, 85, 236) in RGB.

No, #4d55ec 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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