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#4E52EA

#4e52ea ≈ Majorelle Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e52ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 32.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 64.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 238.46°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 5.65:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Majorelle Blue (#6050dc), ΔE 2.87.

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Relative luminance0.1359

Complementary

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #eae64e

Split complementary

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #ea984e
  3. #a0ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ea0ea
  2. #4e52ea
  3. #984eea

Triadic

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #ea4e52
  3. #52ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #e64eea
  3. #eae64e
  4. #52ea4e

Square

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #ea4ea0
  3. #eae64e
  4. #4eea98

Monochromatic

  1. #11148e
  2. #191ed3
  3. #4e52ea
  4. #9295f2
  5. #d7d8fa

Shades

#4e52ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #464ad3
  3. #3e42bb
  4. #3739a4
  5. #2f318c
  6. #272975
  7. #1f215e
  8. #171946
  9. #10102f
  10. #080817
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e52ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #6063ec
  3. #7175ee
  4. #8386f0
  5. #9597f2
  6. #a7a9f5
  7. #b8baf7
  8. #cacbf9
  9. #dcdcfb
  10. #edeefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e52ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e52ea
  2. #5357df
  3. #585bd5
  4. #5d60ca
  5. #6264c0
  6. #6769b5
  7. #6c6eaa
  8. #7172a0
  9. #767795
  10. #7b7b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #676767 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e5fac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006eef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0060e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007a97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0064ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #006cbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e52ea {
  color: #4e52ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e52ea {
  background-color: #4e52ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e52ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e52ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e52ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 82 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e52ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e52ea, #984eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e52ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 82 234 / 0.35);
}

#6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 2.87 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 3.83 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.56 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.70 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.99 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 8.55 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.08 #b1ad15 Inverted #676767 Grayscale 

Majorelle Blue
#4e52ea  rgb(78, 82, 234)  hsl(238, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#eae64e  rgb(234, 230, 78)  hsl(58, 79%, 61%)  Dandelion
#ea4e52  rgb(234, 78, 82)  hsl(358, 79%, 61%)  Indian Red
#52ea4e  rgb(82, 234, 78)  hsl(118, 79%, 61%)  Malachite