#504e8a

Color #504e8a

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Dark Slate Blue #483d8b · ΔE 13.76 Nearest Tailwind class slate-600 #45556c · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#504e8a

RGB

rgb(80, 78, 138)

HSL

hsl(242, 27.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(242, 43.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(35.96, 16.84, -33.23)

LCH

lch(35.96, 37.25, 296.87)

OKLCH

oklch(45.5%, 0.0963, 283.39)

HWB

hwb(242, 30.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#888a4e

Analogous

#4e6a8a

#504e8a

#6e4e8a

Triadic

#504e8a

#8a504e

#4e8a50

Split-complementary

#504e8a

#8a6e4e

#6a8a4e

Tetradic

#504e8a

#8a4e88

#888a4e

#4e8a50

Square

#504e8a

#8a4e6a

#888a4e

#4e8a6e

Shades

Color #504e8a mixed toward black.

#434173

#35345c

#282745

#1b1a2e

#0d0d17

Tints

Color #504e8a mixed toward white.

#6563a7

#8482b8

#a3a1ca

#c1c0dc

#e0e0ed

Tones

Color #504e8a mixed toward gray.

#555385

#595880

#5e5d7b

#636276

#676771

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.8:1

White text reads better on this background (7.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f7f · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#4f4f7c · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#507572 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 21.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #504e8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#504e8a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#504e8a (#504e8a) is rgb(80, 78, 138) in RGB.

No, #504e8a 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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