#4e4b8e

Color #4e4b8e

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 9.47 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4b8e

RGB

rgb(78, 75, 142)

HSL

hsl(242.7, 30.9%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242.7, 47.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 47.2%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(35.21, 19.47, -36.87)

LCH

lch(35.21, 41.7, 297.84)

OKLCH

oklch(44.9%, 0.1072, 283.21)

HWB

hwb(242.7, 29.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8e4b

Analogous

#4b698e

#4e4b8e

#6f4b8e

Triadic

#4e4b8e

#8e4e4b

#4b8e4e

Split-complementary

#4e4b8e

#8e6f4b

#698e4b

Tetradic

#4e4b8e

#8e4b8b

#8b8e4b

#4b8e4e

Square

#4e4b8e

#8e4b69

#8b8e4b

#4b8e6f

Shades

Color #4e4b8e mixed toward black.

#413e76

#34325f

#272547

#1a192f

#0d0c18

Tints

Color #4e4b8e mixed toward white.

#625fab

#827fbb

#a19fcc

#c0bfdd

#e0dfee

Tones

Color #4e4b8e mixed toward gray.

#535088

#585683

#5d5c7d

#626178

#676772

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.72:1

White text reads better on this background (7.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4d4d82 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#4d4d7f · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#4e7774 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 22.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4b8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4b8e]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4b8e (#4e4b8e) is rgb(78, 75, 142) in RGB.

No, #4e4b8e 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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