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#4E48EA

#4e48ea ≈ Majorelle Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e48ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 28.24% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 69.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 242.22°, with 79.41% saturation and 60% 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 6.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Majorelle Blue (#6050dc), ΔE 3.13.

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Relative luminance0.1219

Complementary

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #e4ea48

Split complementary

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #ea9f48
  3. #93ea48

Analogous

  1. #4893ea
  2. #4e48ea
  3. #9f48ea

Triadic

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #ea4e48
  3. #48ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #ea48e4
  3. #e4ea48
  4. #48ea4e

Square

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #ea4893
  3. #e4ea48
  4. #48ea9f

Monochromatic

  1. #141089
  2. #1e18ce
  3. #4e48ea
  4. #908df2
  5. #d3d1fa

Shades

#4e48ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #4641d3
  3. #3e3abb
  4. #3732a4
  5. #2f2b8c
  6. #272475
  7. #1f1d5e
  8. #171646
  9. #100e2f
  10. #080717
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e48ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #605aec
  3. #716dee
  4. #837ff0
  5. #9591f2
  6. #a7a4f5
  7. #b8b6f7
  8. #cac8f9
  9. #dcdafb
  10. #ededfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e48ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e48ea
  2. #534edf
  3. #5853d5
  4. #5d59ca
  5. #625ec0
  6. #6764b5
  7. #6c6aaa
  8. #716fa0
  9. #767595
  10. #7b7a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #626262 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5b59aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0069ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005be7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007494 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #005eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0054e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0065bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e48ea {
  color: #4e48ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e48ea {
  background-color: #4e48ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e48ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e48ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e48ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 72 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e48ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e48ea, #9f48ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e48ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 72 234 / 0.35);
}

#6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 3.13 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 3.77 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.74 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 7.28 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 7.54 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.66 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 9.09 #b1b715 Inverted #626262 Grayscale 

Majorelle Blue
#4e48ea  rgb(78, 72, 234)  hsl(242, 79%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue
#e4ea48  rgb(228, 234, 72)  hsl(62, 79%, 60%)  Pear
#ea4e48  rgb(234, 78, 72)  hsl(2, 79%, 60%)  Cinnabar
#48ea4e  rgb(72, 234, 78)  hsl(122, 79%, 60%)  Malachite