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#4E4E7D

#4e4e7d ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e4e7d is a color from the blue family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 30.59% green and 49.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.6% cyan, 37.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 23.15% saturation and 39.8% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 7.52.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.0855

Complementary

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #7d7d4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #7d654e
  3. #657d4e

Analogous

  1. #4e657d
  2. #4e4e7d
  3. #654e7d

Triadic

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #7d4e4e
  3. #4e7d4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #7d4e7d
  3. #7d7d4e
  4. #4e7d4e

Square

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #7d4e65
  3. #7d7d4e
  4. #4e7d65

Monochromatic

  1. #13131f
  2. #31314e
  3. #4e4e7d
  4. #7171a6
  5. #a0a0c4

Shades

#4e4e7d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #464671
  3. #3e3e64
  4. #373758
  5. #2f2f4b
  6. #27273f
  7. #1f1f32
  8. #171726
  9. #101019
  10. #08080d
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e4e7d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #60608a
  3. #717197
  4. #8383a4
  5. #9595b1
  6. #a7a7be
  7. #b8b8cb
  8. #cacad8
  9. #dcdce5
  10. #ededf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e4e7d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e4e7d
  2. #53537d
  3. #58587e
  4. #5d5d7e
  5. #62627e
  6. #67677f
  7. #6c6c7f
  8. #71717f
  9. #76767f
  10. #7b7b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #535353 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #515166 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3f547f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d517c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #41575f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #45527e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #44507c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47546c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e4e7d {
  color: #4e4e7d;
}
Background
.bg-4e4e7d {
  background-color: #4e4e7d;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e4e7d {
  border: 2px solid #4e4e7d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e4e7d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 78 125;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 23% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e4e7d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e4e7d, #654e7d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e4e7d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 78 125 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 7.52 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 11.57 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.67 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 11.74 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 12.44 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 12.66 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 12.70 #b1b182 Inverted #535353 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#4e4e7d  rgb(78, 78, 125)  hsl(240, 23%, 40%)  Dark Slate Blue
#7d7d4e  rgb(125, 125, 78)  hsl(60, 23%, 40%)  Moss Green
#7d4e4e  rgb(125, 78, 78)  hsl(0, 23%, 40%)  Tuscan Red
#4e7d4e  rgb(78, 125, 78)  hsl(120, 23%, 40%)  Fern Green