#4f5abf

Color #4f5abf

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Slate Blue #6a5acd · ΔE 10.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-700 #1447e6 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4f5abf

RGB

rgb(79, 90, 191)

HSL

hsl(234.1, 46.7%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(234.1, 58.6%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(42.36, 26.13, -54.58)

LCH

lch(42.36, 60.51, 295.58)

OKLCH

oklch(51.3%, 0.1568, 274.79)

HWB

hwb(234.1, 31%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfb44f

Analogous

#4f92bf

#4f5abf

#7c4fbf

Triadic

#4f5abf

#bf4f5a

#5abf4f

Split-complementary

#4f5abf

#bf7c4f

#92bf4f

Tetradic

#4f5abf

#b44fbf

#bfb44f

#5abf4f

Square

#4f5abf

#bf4f92

#bfb44f

#4fbf7c

Shades

Color #4f5abf mixed toward black.

#3c46a5

#303884

#242a63

#181c42

#0c0e21

Tints

Color #4f5abf mixed toward white.

#6c75ca

#8a91d4

#a7acdf

#c4c8ea

#e2e3f4

Tones

Color #4f5abf mixed toward gray.

#5861b6

#6269ac

#6b70a3

#74789a

#7e7f90

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.55:1

White text reads better on this background (5.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5454ad · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#5352a9 · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#509e9a · ΔE 36

Achromatopsia

#646464 · ΔE 25.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4f5abf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f5abf]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#4f5abf (#4f5abf) is rgb(79, 90, 191) in RGB.

No, #4f5abf 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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