#4e49ea

Color #4e49ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Blue Violet #8a2be2 · ΔE 20.22 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-600 #4f39f6 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4e49ea

RGB

rgb(78, 73, 234)

HSL

hsl(241.9, 79.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(241.9, 68.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.7%, 68.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(41.73, 50.4, -80.29)

LCH

lch(41.73, 94.8, 302.12)

OKLCH

oklch(51.9%, 0.2331, 275.91)

HWB

hwb(241.9, 28.6%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5ea49

Analogous

#4994ea

#4e49ea

#9f49ea

Triadic

#4e49ea

#ea4e49

#49ea4e

Split-complementary

#4e49ea

#ea9f49

#94ea49

Tetradic

#4e49ea

#ea49e5

#e5ea49

#49ea4e

Square

#4e49ea

#ea4994

#e5ea49

#49ea9f

Shades

Color #4e49ea mixed toward black.

#221be5

#1a15b7

#14108a

#0d0b5c

#07052e

Tints

Color #4e49ea mixed toward white.

#6c67ed

#8986f1

#a7a4f4

#c4c2f8

#e2e1fb

Tones

Color #4e49ea mixed toward gray.

#5b56dd

#6764cf

#7471c2

#807fb4

#8d8ca7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.47:1

White text reads better on this background (6.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4cd1 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#4c4dcb · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#4ebbb5 · ΔE 45.7

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e49ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e49ea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e49ea (#4e49ea) is rgb(78, 73, 234) in RGB.

No, #4e49ea 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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