#4e53cb

Color #4e53cb

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 6.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4e53cb

RGB

rgb(78, 83, 203)

HSL

hsl(237.6, 54.6%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.6, 61.6%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.6%, 59.1%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(41.4, 34.36, -63.09)

LCH

lch(41.4, 71.84, 298.57)

OKLCH

oklch(50.9%, 0.1825, 275.98)

HWB

hwb(237.6, 30.6%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbc64e

Analogous

#4e92cb

#4e53cb

#884ecb

Triadic

#4e53cb

#cb4e53

#53cb4e

Split-complementary

#4e53cb

#cb884e

#92cb4e

Tetradic

#4e53cb

#c64ecb

#cbc64e

#53cb4e

Square

#4e53cb

#cb4e92

#cbc64e

#4ecb88

Shades

Color #4e53cb mixed toward black.

#353ab5

#2b2f91

#20236d

#151748

#0b0c24

Tints

Color #4e53cb mixed toward white.

#6b70d4

#898cdc

#a6a9e5

#c4c6ee

#e1e2f6

Tones

Color #4e53cb mixed toward gray.

#585dc1

#6366b6

#6d70ac

#7879a1

#828397

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5050b7 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#5050b2 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#4ea5a1 · ΔE 39.4

Achromatopsia

#626262 · ΔE 27.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e53cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e53cb]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e53cb (#4e53cb) is rgb(78, 83, 203) in RGB.

No, #4e53cb 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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