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#4E09CA

#4e09ca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#4e09ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 3.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.39% cyan, 95.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 261.45°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 4.77.

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Web safe#6600cc
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Relative luminance0.0608

Complementary

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #85ca09

Split complementary

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #caae09
  3. #24ca09

Analogous

  1. #0924ca
  2. #4e09ca
  3. #ae09ca

Triadic

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #ca4e09
  3. #09ca4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #ca0985
  3. #85ca09
  4. #09ca4e

Square

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #ca0924
  3. #85ca09
  4. #09caae

Monochromatic

  1. #150238
  2. #320681
  3. #4e09ca
  4. #732af6
  5. #a373f9

Shades

#4e09ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #4608b6
  3. #3e07a2
  4. #37068d
  5. #2f0579
  6. #270565
  7. #1f0451
  8. #17033d
  9. #100228
  10. #080114
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e09ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #6022cf
  3. #713ad5
  4. #8353da
  5. #956bdf
  6. #a784e5
  7. #b89dea
  8. #cab5ef
  9. #dccef4
  10. #ede6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e09ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e09ca
  2. #5315c3
  3. #5821bb
  4. #5d2db4
  5. #6239ac
  6. #6745a5
  7. #6c509e
  8. #715c96
  9. #76688f
  10. #7b7487
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #49378f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0040c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005276 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003acd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0032c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2b409f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e09ca {
  color: #4e09ca;
}
Background
.bg-4e09ca {
  background-color: #4e09ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e09ca {
  border: 2px solid #4e09ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e09ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 9 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 261 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e09ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e09ca, #ae09ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e09ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 9 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.77 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 6.03 #0000ff Blue ΔE 6.05 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.61 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.60 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.29 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.30 #b1f635 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#4e09ca  rgb(78, 9, 202)  hsl(261, 91%, 41%)  Medium Blue
#85ca09  rgb(133, 202, 9)  hsl(81, 91%, 41%)  Yellow Green
#ca4e09  rgb(202, 78, 9)  hsl(21, 91%, 41%)  Burnt Orange
#09ca4e  rgb(9, 202, 78)  hsl(141, 91%, 41%)  Lime Green