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#4E66EA

#4e66ea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e66ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 230.77°, 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 1.59.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1706

Complementary

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #ead24e

Split complementary

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #ea844e
  3. #b4ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4eb4ea
  2. #4e66ea
  3. #844eea

Triadic

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #ea4e66
  3. #66ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #d24eea
  3. #ead24e
  4. #66ea4e

Square

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #ea4eb4
  3. #ead24e
  4. #4eea84

Monochromatic

  1. #11248e
  2. #1936d3
  3. #4e66ea
  4. #92a1f2
  5. #d7dcfa

Shades

#4e66ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #465cd3
  3. #3e52bb
  4. #3747a4
  5. #2f3d8c
  6. #273375
  7. #1f295e
  8. #171f46
  9. #10142f
  10. #080a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e66ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #6075ec
  3. #7185ee
  4. #8394f0
  5. #95a3f2
  6. #a7b3f5
  7. #b8c2f7
  8. #cad1f9
  9. #dce0fb
  10. #edf0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e66ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e66ea
  2. #5369df
  3. #586bd5
  4. #5d6eca
  5. #6270c0
  6. #6773b5
  7. #6c76aa
  8. #7178a0
  9. #767b95
  10. #7b7d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #666eb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00869e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2773ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0b6ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007bc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e66ea {
  color: #4e66ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e66ea {
  background-color: #4e66ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e66ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e66ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e66ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e66ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e66ea, #844eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e66ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 1.59 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.72 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.19 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.07 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 7.32 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.80 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.48 #b19915 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#4e66ea  rgb(78, 102, 234)  hsl(231, 79%, 61%)  Ultramarine Blue
#ead24e  rgb(234, 210, 78)  hsl(51, 79%, 61%)  Naples Yellow
#ea4e66  rgb(234, 78, 102)  hsl(351, 79%, 61%)  Neon Fuchsia
#66ea4e  rgb(102, 234, 78)  hsl(111, 79%, 61%)  Neon Green