#4e49a0

Color #4e49a0

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 6.88 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e49a0

RGB

rgb(78, 73, 160)

HSL

hsl(243.4, 37.3%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.4, 54.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.2%, 54.4%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(35.83, 26.48, -46.78)

LCH

lch(35.83, 53.75, 299.51)

OKLCH

oklch(45.8%, 0.1366, 282.13)

HWB

hwb(243.4, 28.6%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9ba049

Analogous

#4970a0

#4e49a0

#7949a0

Triadic

#4e49a0

#a04e49

#49a04e

Split-complementary

#4e49a0

#a07949

#70a049

Tetradic

#4e49a0

#a0499b

#9ba049

#49a04e

Square

#4e49a0

#a04970

#9ba049

#49a079

Shades

Color #4e49a0 mixed toward black.

#413d85

#34316b

#272550

#1a1835

#0d0c1b

Tints

Color #4e49a0 mixed toward white.

#6561b7

#8480c5

#a3a0d4

#c2c0e2

#e0dff1

Tones

Color #4e49a0 mixed toward gray.

#545099

#5b5892

#615f8a

#686683

#6e6d7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.78:1

White text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c91 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#4c4d8d · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#4e8380 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 24.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e49a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e49a0]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e49a0 (#4e49a0) is rgb(78, 73, 160) in RGB.

No, #4e49a0 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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