#4e6a8a

Color #4e6a8a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.66 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e6a8a

RGB

rgb(78, 106, 138)

HSL

hsl(212, 27.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(212, 43.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(43.89, -1.31, -20.85)

LCH

lch(43.89, 20.89, 266.4)

OKLCH

oklch(51.6%, 0.0608, 252.28)

HWB

hwb(212, 30.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a6e4e

Analogous

#4e888a

#4e6a8a

#504e8a

Triadic

#4e6a8a

#8a4e6a

#6a8a4e

Split-complementary

#4e6a8a

#8a504e

#888a4e

Tetradic

#4e6a8a

#6e4e8a

#8a6e4e

#6a8a4e

Square

#4e6a8a

#8a4e88

#8a6e4e

#4e8a50

Shades

Color #4e6a8a mixed toward black.

#415873

#34475c

#273545

#1a232e

#0d1217

Tints

Color #4e6a8a mixed toward white.

#6382a7

#829bb8

#a1b4ca

#c0cddc

#e0e6ed

Tones

Color #4e6a8a mixed toward gray.

#536a85

#586b80

#5d6b7b

#626b76

#676c71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.75:1

White text reads better on this background (5.6:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5b5c83 · ΔE 10.5

Deuteranopia

#5a5881 · ΔE 11.7

Tritanopia

#507d7c · ΔE 17.7

Achromatopsia

#686868 · ΔE 14.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e6a8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e6a8a]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4e6a8a (#4e6a8a) is rgb(78, 106, 138) in RGB.

No, #4e6a8a 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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