#4e4e8d

Color #4e4e8d

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.4 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4e8d

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 141)

HSL

hsl(240, 28.8%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 44.7%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.7%, 44.7%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(35.97, 17.22, -35.06)

LCH

lch(35.97, 39.06, 296.16)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.1012, 281.63)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d8d4e

Analogous

#4e6d8d

#4e4e8d

#6d4e8d

Triadic

#4e4e8d

#8d4e4e

#4e8d4e

Split-complementary

#4e4e8d

#8d6d4e

#6d8d4e

Tetradic

#4e4e8d

#8d4e8d

#8d8d4e

#4e8d4e

Square

#4e4e8d

#8d4e6d

#8d8d4e

#4e8d6d

Shades

Color #4e4e8d mixed toward black.

#414175

#34345e

#272746

#1a1a2f

#0d0d17

Tints

Color #4e4e8d mixed toward white.

#6363a9

#8282ba

#a1a1cb

#c0c0dc

#e0e0ee

Tones

Color #4e4e8d mixed toward gray.

#535388

#585882

#5e5e7d

#636378

#686873

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.5:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.8:1

White text reads better on this background (7.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e81 · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4e4e7e · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#4e7774 · ΔE 27.6

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 21.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4e8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4e8d]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4e8d (#4e4e8d) is rgb(78, 78, 141) in RGB.

No, #4e4e8d 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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