#4e5ea7

Color #4e5ea7

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e5ea7

RGB

rgb(78, 94, 167)

HSL

hsl(229.2, 36.3%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.2, 53.3%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.3%, 43.7%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(41.87, 15.37, -41.29)

LCH

lch(41.87, 44.06, 290.42)

OKLCH

oklch(50.4%, 0.1174, 272.25)

HWB

hwb(229.2, 30.6%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7974e

Analogous

#4e8aa7

#4e5ea7

#6a4ea7

Triadic

#4e5ea7

#a74e5e

#5ea74e

Split-complementary

#4e5ea7

#a76a4e

#8aa74e

Tetradic

#4e5ea7

#974ea7

#a7974e

#5ea74e

Square

#4e5ea7

#a74e8a

#a7974e

#4ea76a

Shades

Color #4e5ea7 mixed toward black.

#414e8b

#343f6f

#272f53

#1a1f38

#0d101c

Tints

Color #4e5ea7 mixed toward white.

#6877b9

#8792c7

#a5add5

#c3c9e3

#e1e4f1

Tones

Color #4e5ea7 mixed toward gray.

#55639f

#5d6798

#646c91

#6c7189

#737682

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.48:1

White text reads better on this background (6.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555699 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#545396 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#4f8d8a · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#636363 · ΔE 22.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e5ea7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e5ea7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#4e5ea7 (#4e5ea7) is rgb(78, 94, 167) in RGB.

No, #4e5ea7 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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