#4e4aa1

Color #4e4aa1

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.16 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4aa1

RGB

rgb(78, 74, 161)

HSL

hsl(242.8, 37%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.8, 54%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.6%, 54%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(36.16, 26.17, -46.86)

LCH

lch(36.16, 53.67, 299.18)

OKLCH

oklch(46%, 0.1366, 281.66)

HWB

hwb(242.8, 29%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9da14a

Analogous

#4a71a1

#4e4aa1

#7a4aa1

Triadic

#4e4aa1

#a14e4a

#4aa14e

Split-complementary

#4e4aa1

#a17a4a

#71a14a

Tetradic

#4e4aa1

#a14a9d

#9da14a

#4aa14e

Square

#4e4aa1

#a14a71

#9da14a

#4aa17a

Shades

Color #4e4aa1 mixed toward black.

#413e86

#34316b

#272551

#1a1936

#0d0c1b

Tints

Color #4e4aa1 mixed toward white.

#6662b7

#8581c5

#a3a1d4

#c2c0e2

#e0e0f1

Tones

Color #4e4aa1 mixed toward gray.

#55519a

#5b5993

#62608b

#686784

#6f6e7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c92 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#4d4d8e · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#4e8481 · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 24.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4aa1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4aa1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4aa1 (#4e4aa1) is rgb(78, 74, 161) in RGB.

No, #4e4aa1 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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