#4e728a

Color #4e728a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 10.08 Nearest Tailwind class slate-500 #62748e · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4e728a

RGB

rgb(78, 114, 138)

HSL

hsl(204, 27.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204, 43.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(46.3, -6.07, -17.16)

LCH

lch(46.3, 18.2, 250.52)

OKLCH

oklch(53.4%, 0.0557, 238.37)

HWB

hwb(204, 30.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a664e

Analogous

#4e8a84

#4e728a

#4e548a

Triadic

#4e728a

#8a4e72

#728a4e

Split-complementary

#4e728a

#8a4e54

#8a844e

Tetradic

#4e728a

#664e8a

#8a664e

#728a4e

Square

#4e728a

#844e8a

#8a664e

#548a4e

Shades

Color #4e728a mixed toward black.

#415f73

#344c5c

#273945

#1a262e

#0d1317

Tints

Color #4e728a mixed toward white.

#638ba7

#82a3b8

#a1baca

#c0d1dc

#e0e8ed

Tones

Color #4e728a mixed toward gray.

#537185

#587080

#5d6f7b

#626e76

#676d71

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.1:1

White text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606085 · ΔE 15.4

Deuteranopia

#5e5b83 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#50807f · ΔE 13.6

Achromatopsia

#6e6e6e · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4e728a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e728a]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#4e728a (#4e728a) is rgb(78, 114, 138) in RGB.

No, #4e728a 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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