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#4E4E8D

#4e4e8d ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e4e8d is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 30.59% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.68% cyan, 44.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.71% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 28.77% saturation and 42.94% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 5.59.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.0899

Complementary

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #8d8d4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #8d6d4e
  3. #6d8d4e

Analogous

  1. #4e6d8d
  2. #4e4e8d
  3. #6d4e8d

Triadic

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #8d4e4e
  3. #4e8d4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #8d4e8d
  3. #8d8d4e
  4. #4e8d4e

Square

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #8d4e6d
  3. #8d8d4e
  4. #4e8d6d

Monochromatic

  1. #18182a
  2. #33335c
  3. #4e4e8d
  4. #7575b3
  5. #a6a6ce

Shades

#4e4e8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #46467f
  3. #3e3e71
  4. #373763
  5. #2f2f55
  6. #272747
  7. #1f1f38
  8. #17172a
  9. #10101c
  10. #08080e
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e4e8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #606098
  3. #7171a4
  4. #8383af
  5. #9595bb
  6. #a7a7c6
  7. #b8b8d1
  8. #cacadd
  9. #dcdce8
  10. #ededf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e4e8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e4e8d
  2. #53538c
  3. #58588a
  4. #5d5d89
  5. #626288
  6. #676787
  7. #6c6c85
  8. #717184
  9. #767683
  10. #7b7b81
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #555555 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #525270 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #36578f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #33528c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3a5b66 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #41538e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3f518c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #435678 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e4e8d {
  color: #4e4e8d;
}
Background
.bg-4e4e8d {
  background-color: #4e4e8d;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e4e8d {
  border: 2px solid #4e4e8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e4e8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 78 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 29% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e4e8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e4e8d, #6d4e8d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e4e8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 78 141 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 5.59 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 8.34 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 9.87 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.89 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 10.30 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 10.57 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 10.68 #b1b172 Inverted #555555 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#4e4e8d  rgb(78, 78, 141)  hsl(240, 29%, 43%)  Dark Slate Blue
#8d8d4e  rgb(141, 141, 78)  hsl(60, 29%, 43%)  Moss Green
#8d4e4e  rgb(141, 78, 78)  hsl(0, 29%, 43%)  Tuscan Red
#4e8d4e  rgb(78, 141, 78)  hsl(120, 29%, 43%)  Sea Green