#4e516f

Color #4e516f

A muted dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 15.26 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#4e516f

RGB

rgb(78, 81, 111)

HSL

hsl(234.5, 17.5%, 37.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.5, 29.7%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 27%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(35.31, 6.35, -17.59)

LCH

lch(35.31, 18.7, 289.85)

OKLCH

oklch(44.5%, 0.0493, 279.81)

HWB

hwb(234.5, 30.6%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f6c4e

Analogous

#4e626f

#4e516f

#5c4e6f

Triadic

#4e516f

#6f4e51

#516f4e

Split-complementary

#4e516f

#6f5c4e

#626f4e

Tetradic

#4e516f

#6c4e6f

#6f6c4e

#516f4e

Square

#4e516f

#6f4e62

#6f6c4e

#4e6f5c

Shades

Color #4e516f mixed toward black.

#41445d

#34364a

#272938

#1a1b25

#0d0e13

Tints

Color #4e516f mixed toward white.

#64688f

#8185a7

#a1a3bd

#c0c2d3

#e0e0e9

Tones

Color #4e516f mixed toward gray.

#51536c

#54566a

#565867

#595a64

#5c5c61

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.73:1

White text reads better on this background (7.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f69 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#4f4f67 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#4e6362 · ΔE 19.1

Achromatopsia

#535353 · ΔE 13.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e516f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e516f]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e516f (#4e516f) is rgb(78, 81, 111) in RGB.

No, #4e516f 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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