#4e40ff

Color #4e40ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Blue #0000cd · ΔE 17.92 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e40ff

RGB

rgb(78, 64, 255)

HSL

hsl(244.4, 100%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.4, 74.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(42.01, 61.64, -91.63)

LCH

lch(42.01, 110.43, 303.93)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.2661, 275.43)

HWB

hwb(244.4, 25.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f1ff40

Analogous

#4091ff

#4e40ff

#ad40ff

Triadic

#4e40ff

#ff4e40

#40ff4e

Split-complementary

#4e40ff

#ffad40

#91ff40

Tetradic

#4e40ff

#ff40f1

#f1ff40

#40ff4e

Square

#4e40ff

#ff4091

#f1ff40

#40ffad

Shades

Color #4e40ff mixed toward black.

#1d0bff

#1000d5

#0c009f

#08006a

#040035

Tints

Color #4e40ff mixed toward white.

#6b60ff

#8980ff

#a69fff

#c4bfff

#e1dfff

Tones

Color #4e40ff mixed toward gray.

#5b50ef

#6960df

#7770cf

#8480bf

#928faf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.5:1

White text reads better on this background (6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4848e3 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#494adc · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#4dcac4 · ΔE 49

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 31.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e40ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e40ff]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e40ff (#4e40ff) is rgb(78, 64, 255) in RGB.

No, #4e40ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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