#4e6994

Color #4e6994

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4e6994

RGB

rgb(78, 105, 148)

HSL

hsl(216.9, 31%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.9, 47.3%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(44.03, 2.36, -26.6)

LCH

lch(44.03, 26.7, 275.07)

OKLCH

oklch(51.8%, 0.0757, 259.49)

HWB

hwb(216.9, 30.6%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94794e

Analogous

#4e8c94

#4e6994

#564e94

Triadic

#4e6994

#944e69

#69944e

Split-complementary

#4e6994

#94564e

#8c944e

Tetradic

#4e6994

#794e94

#94794e

#69944e

Square

#4e6994

#944e8c

#94794e

#4e9456

Shades

Color #4e6994 mixed toward black.

#41577b

#344663

#27344a

#1a2331

#0d1119

Tints

Color #4e6994 mixed toward white.

#6480ad

#839abe

#a2b3ce

#c1ccde

#e0e6ef

Tones

Color #4e6994 mixed toward gray.

#546a8e

#5a6c88

#5f6d82

#656e7d

#6b7077

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.77:1

White text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5b8b · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#595789 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#508482 · ΔE 22.1

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e6994;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e6994]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#4e6994 (#4e6994) is rgb(78, 105, 148) in RGB.

No, #4e6994 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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