#4e5499

Color #4e5499

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 12.1 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e5499

RGB

rgb(78, 84, 153)

HSL

hsl(235.2, 32.5%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.2, 49%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(49%, 45.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(38.3, 17.18, -38.61)

LCH

lch(38.3, 42.26, 293.99)

OKLCH

oklch(47.5%, 0.1105, 277.54)

HWB

hwb(235.2, 30.6%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#99934e

Analogous

#4e7a99

#4e5499

#6e4e99

Triadic

#4e5499

#994e54

#54994e

Split-complementary

#4e5499

#996e4e

#7a994e

Tetradic

#4e5499

#934e99

#99934e

#54994e

Square

#4e5499

#994e7a

#99934e

#4e996e

Shades

Color #4e5499 mixed toward black.

#414680

#343866

#272a4d

#1a1c33

#0d0e1a

Tints

Color #4e5499 mixed toward white.

#656bb1

#8489c0

#a3a6d0

#c1c4e0

#e0e1ef

Tones

Color #4e5499 mixed toward gray.

#545993

#5a5e8d

#616486

#676980

#6d6e7a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.05:1

White text reads better on this background (6.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#51518c · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#505089 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#4e817e · ΔE 28.9

Achromatopsia

#5a5a5a · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e5499;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e5499]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4e5499 (#4e5499) is rgb(78, 84, 153) in RGB.

No, #4e5499 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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