#4f4f9b

Color #4f4f9b

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 7.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-900 #1c398e · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#4f4f9b

RGB

rgb(79, 79, 155)

HSL

hsl(240, 32.5%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 49%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(49%, 49%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(37.15, 21.28, -41.65)

LCH

lch(37.15, 46.77, 297.06)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.1205, 280.67)

HWB

hwb(240, 31%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b9b4f

Analogous

#4f759b

#4f4f9b

#754f9b

Triadic

#4f4f9b

#9b4f4f

#4f9b4f

Split-complementary

#4f4f9b

#9b754f

#759b4f

Tetradic

#4f4f9b

#9b4f9b

#9b9b4f

#4f9b4f

Square

#4f4f9b

#9b4f75

#9b9b4f

#4f9b75

Shades

Color #4f4f9b mixed toward black.

#424281

#353567

#28284e

#1a1a34

#0d0d1a

Tints

Color #4f4f9b mixed toward white.

#6767b1

#8585c1

#a4a4d0

#c2c2e0

#e1e1ef

Tones

Color #4f4f9b mixed toward gray.

#555595

#5c5c8e

#626288

#686882

#6f6f7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.92:1

White text reads better on this background (7.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f8d · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4f4f8a · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#4f817e · ΔE 30

Achromatopsia

#575757 · ΔE 23.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4f4f9b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f4f9b]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4f4f9b (#4f4f9b) is rgb(79, 79, 155) in RGB.

No, #4f4f9b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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