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#4559EA

#4559ea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4559ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.51% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 232.73°, with 79.71% saturation and 59.41% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 4.5.

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Relative luminance0.1435

Complementary

  1. #4559ea
  2. #ead645

Split complementary

  1. #4559ea
  2. #ea8445
  3. #abea45

Analogous

  1. #45abea
  2. #4559ea
  3. #8445ea

Triadic

  1. #4559ea
  2. #ea4559
  3. #59ea45

Tetradic

  1. #4559ea
  2. #d645ea
  3. #ead645
  4. #59ea45

Square

  1. #4559ea
  2. #ea45ab
  3. #ead645
  4. #45ea84

Monochromatic

  1. #0f1e87
  2. #172dcc
  3. #4559ea
  4. #8a96f2
  5. #ced4fa

Shades

#4559ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4559ea
  2. #3e50d3
  3. #3747bb
  4. #303ea4
  5. #29358c
  6. #232d75
  7. #1c245e
  8. #151b46
  9. #0e122f
  10. #070917
  11. #000000

Tints

#4559ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4559ea
  2. #586aec
  3. #6a7aee
  4. #7d8bf0
  5. #8f9bf2
  6. #a2acf5
  7. #b5bdf7
  8. #c7cdf9
  9. #dadefb
  10. #eceefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4559ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4559ea
  2. #4b5ddf
  3. #5161d5
  4. #5765ca
  5. #5d69c0
  6. #636db5
  7. #6870aa
  8. #6e74a0
  9. #747895
  10. #7a7c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5d63ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0062e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007e99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0069ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0071bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4559ea {
  color: #4559ea;
}
Background
.bg-4559ea {
  background-color: #4559ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4559ea {
  border: 2px solid #4559ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4559ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4559ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4559ea, #8445ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4559ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.50 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 4.81 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 5.38 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.61 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.19 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.79 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 9.00 #baa615 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#4559ea  rgb(69, 89, 234)  hsl(233, 80%, 59%)  Ultramarine Blue
#ead645  rgb(234, 214, 69)  hsl(53, 80%, 59%)  Citrine
#ea4559  rgb(234, 69, 89)  hsl(353, 80%, 59%)  Neon Fuchsia
#59ea45  rgb(89, 234, 69)  hsl(113, 80%, 59%)  Neon Green