#4e498b

Color #4e498b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.33 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e498b

RGB

rgb(78, 73, 139)

HSL

hsl(244.5, 31.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.5, 47.5%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.9%, 47.5%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(34.5, 19.82, -36.18)

LCH

lch(34.5, 41.25, 298.71)

OKLCH

oklch(44.3%, 0.1058, 284.67)

HWB

hwb(244.5, 28.6%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#868b49

Analogous

#49658b

#4e498b

#6f498b

Triadic

#4e498b

#8b4e49

#498b4e

Split-complementary

#4e498b

#8b6f49

#658b49

Tetradic

#4e498b

#8b4986

#868b49

#498b4e

Square

#4e498b

#8b4965

#868b49

#498b6f

Shades

Color #4e498b mixed toward black.

#413d74

#34315d

#272546

#1a182e

#0d0c17

Tints

Color #4e498b mixed toward white.

#625ca9

#817dbb

#a19dcc

#c0bedd

#e0deee

Tones

Color #4e498b mixed toward gray.

#534f86

#575480

#5c5a7b

#615f75

#656570

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.65:1

White text reads better on this background (7.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c7f · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#4c4d7c · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#4e7472 · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e498b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e498b]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e498b (#4e498b) is rgb(78, 73, 139) in RGB.

No, #4e498b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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