#4e50e7

Color #4e50e7

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee · ΔE 15.12 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e50e7

RGB

rgb(78, 80, 231)

HSL

hsl(239.2, 76.1%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.2, 66.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.2%, 65.4%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(42.95, 45.41, -76.58)

LCH

lch(42.95, 89.03, 300.67)

OKLCH

oklch(52.7%, 0.2219, 275.09)

HWB

hwb(239.2, 30.6%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7e54e

Analogous

#4e9de7

#4e50e7

#984ee7

Triadic

#4e50e7

#e74e50

#50e74e

Split-complementary

#4e50e7

#e7984e

#9de74e

Tetradic

#4e50e7

#e54ee7

#e7e54e

#50e74e

Square

#4e50e7

#e74e9d

#e7e54e

#4ee798

Shades

Color #4e50e7 mixed toward black.

#2123e1

#191bb5

#121488

#0c0d5b

#06072d

Tints

Color #4e50e7 mixed toward white.

#6c6deb

#898aef

#a7a8f3

#c4c5f7

#e2e2fb

Tones

Color #4e50e7 mixed toward gray.

#5b5dda

#6869ce

#7475c1

#8182b4

#8e8ea7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.63:1

White text reads better on this background (5.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4fcf · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#4f4fc9 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#4eb9b4 · ΔE 43.9

Achromatopsia

#656565 · ΔE 29.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e50e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e50e7]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e50e7 (#4e50e7) is rgb(78, 80, 231) in RGB.

No, #4e50e7 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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