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#4E57EA

#4e57ea ≈ Majorelle Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e57ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 34.12% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 62.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 236.54°, 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Majorelle Blue (#6050dc), ΔE 3.67.

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Relative luminance0.1438

Complementary

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #eae14e

Split complementary

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #ea934e
  3. #a5ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ea5ea
  2. #4e57ea
  3. #934eea

Triadic

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #ea4e57
  3. #57ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #e14eea
  3. #eae14e
  4. #57ea4e

Square

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #ea4ea5
  3. #eae14e
  4. #4eea93

Monochromatic

  1. #11188e
  2. #1924d3
  3. #4e57ea
  4. #9298f2
  5. #d7d9fa

Shades

#4e57ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #464ed3
  3. #3e46bb
  4. #373da4
  5. #2f348c
  6. #272c75
  7. #1f235e
  8. #171a46
  9. #10112f
  10. #080917
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e57ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #6068ec
  3. #7179ee
  4. #8389f0
  5. #959af2
  6. #a7abf5
  7. #b8bcf7
  8. #cacdf9
  9. #dcddfb
  10. #edeefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e57ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e57ea
  2. #535bdf
  3. #585fd5
  4. #5d63ca
  5. #6267c0
  6. #676cb5
  7. #6c70aa
  8. #7174a0
  9. #767895
  10. #7b7c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6063ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0071ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0063e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007d99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0068ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005ee8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0070bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e57ea {
  color: #4e57ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e57ea {
  background-color: #4e57ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e57ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e57ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e57ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 87 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e57ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e57ea, #934eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e57ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 87 234 / 0.35);
}

#6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 3.67 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 4.58 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.31 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.39 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.62 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.23 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 9.48 #b1a815 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Majorelle Blue
#4e57ea  rgb(78, 87, 234)  hsl(237, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#eae14e  rgb(234, 225, 78)  hsl(57, 79%, 61%)  Dandelion
#ea4e57  rgb(234, 78, 87)  hsl(357, 79%, 61%)  Neon Fuchsia
#57ea4e  rgb(87, 234, 78)  hsl(117, 79%, 61%)  Malachite