#4e4e9c

Color #4e4e9c

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.3 Nearest Tailwind class blue-800 #193cb8 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4e4e9c

RGB

rgb(78, 78, 156)

HSL

hsl(240, 33.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 50%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 50%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(36.87, 22, -42.71)

LCH

lch(36.87, 48.04, 297.25)

OKLCH

oklch(46.4%, 0.1235, 280.45)

HWB

hwb(240, 30.6%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9c4e

Analogous

#4e759c

#4e4e9c

#754e9c

Triadic

#4e4e9c

#9c4e4e

#4e9c4e

Split-complementary

#4e4e9c

#9c754e

#759c4e

Tetradic

#4e4e9c

#9c4e9c

#9c9c4e

#4e9c4e

Square

#4e4e9c

#9c4e75

#9c9c4e

#4e9c75

Shades

Color #4e4e9c mixed toward black.

#414182

#343468

#27274e

#1a1a34

#0d0d1a

Tints

Color #4e4e9c mixed toward white.

#6666b2

#8484c2

#a3a3d1

#c2c2e0

#e0e0f0

Tones

Color #4e4e9c mixed toward gray.

#555596

#5b5b8f

#626289

#686882

#6f6f7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.89:1

White text reads better on this background (7.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e8e · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4e4e8a · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#4e827f · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 23.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e4e9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e4e9c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e4e9c (#4e4e9c) is rgb(78, 78, 156) in RGB.

No, #4e4e9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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