#4e53c4

Color #4e53c4

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 6.36 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#4e53c4

RGB

rgb(78, 83, 196)

HSL

hsl(237.5, 50%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.5, 60.2%, 76.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.2%, 57.7%, 0%, 23.1%)

LAB

lab(40.88, 32.02, -59.88)

LCH

lch(40.88, 67.9, 298.14)

OKLCH

oklch(50.3%, 0.173, 276.3)

HWB

hwb(237.5, 30.6%, 23.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c4bf4e

Analogous

#4e8ec4

#4e53c4

#844ec4

Triadic

#4e53c4

#c44e53

#53c44e

Split-complementary

#4e53c4

#c4844e

#8ec44e

Tetradic

#4e53c4

#bf4ec4

#c4bf4e

#53c44e

Square

#4e53c4

#c44e8e

#c4bf4e

#4ec484

Shades

Color #4e53c4 mixed toward black.

#393eab

#2e3189

#222567

#171944

#0b0c22

Tints

Color #4e53c4 mixed toward white.

#6b70ce

#898cd8

#a6a9e1

#c4c6eb

#e1e2f5

Tones

Color #4e53c4 mixed toward gray.

#585cba

#6265b0

#6b6ea6

#75779d

#7f8093

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.36:1

White text reads better on this background (6.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5050b1 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#5050ac · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#4ea09c · ΔE 38.2

Achromatopsia

#606060 · ΔE 26.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e53c4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e53c4]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e53c4 (#4e53c4) is rgb(78, 83, 196) in RGB.

No, #4e53c4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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