#4e6ba5

Color #4e6ba5

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.95 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e6ba5

RGB

rgb(78, 107, 165)

HSL

hsl(220, 35.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(220, 52.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(45.43, 6.55, -34.47)

LCH

lch(45.43, 35.09, 280.76)

OKLCH

oklch(53.2%, 0.0979, 263.25)

HWB

hwb(220, 30.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5884e

Analogous

#4e96a5

#4e6ba5

#5c4ea5

Triadic

#4e6ba5

#a54e6b

#6ba54e

Split-complementary

#4e6ba5

#a55c4e

#96a54e

Tetradic

#4e6ba5

#884ea5

#a5884e

#6ba54e

Square

#4e6ba5

#a54e96

#a5884e

#4ea55c

Shades

Color #4e6ba5 mixed toward black.

#415989

#34476e

#273552

#1a2437

#0d121b

Tints

Color #4e6ba5 mixed toward white.

#6882b8

#869bc6

#a4b4d4

#c3cde2

#e1e6f1

Tones

Color #4e6ba5 mixed toward gray.

#556d9e

#5c7096

#64728f

#6b7588

#727781

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.97:1

White text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5c99 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#5a5897 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#50908d · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#6c6c6c · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e6ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e6ba5]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#4e6ba5 (#4e6ba5) is rgb(78, 107, 165) in RGB.

No, #4e6ba5 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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