#4e486d

Color #4e486d

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 19.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e486d

RGB

rgb(78, 72, 109)

HSL

hsl(249.7, 20.4%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.7, 33.9%, 42.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 33.9%, 0%, 57.3%)

LAB

lab(32.61, 11.58, -20.51)

LCH

lch(32.61, 23.55, 299.45)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.0609, 290.96)

HWB

hwb(249.7, 28.2%, 57.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#676d48

Analogous

#48556d

#4e486d

#60486d

Triadic

#4e486d

#6d4e48

#486d4e

Split-complementary

#4e486d

#6d6048

#556d48

Tetradic

#4e486d

#6d4867

#676d48

#486d4e

Square

#4e486d

#6d4855

#676d48

#486d60

Shades

Color #4e486d mixed toward black.

#413c5b

#343049

#272436

#1a1824

#0d0c12

Tints

Color #4e486d mixed toward white.

#665e8e

#827ba8

#a19cbe

#c1bdd3

#e0dee9

Tones

Color #4e486d mixed toward gray.

#504b6a

#524e67

#545164

#565461

#58575e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.47:1

White text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4b66 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#4c4c64 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#4e5f5e · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#4d4d4d · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e486d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e486d]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e486d (#4e486d) is rgb(78, 72, 109) in RGB.

No, #4e486d 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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