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#4E71EA

#4e71ea ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e71ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 44.31% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 51.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 226.54°, 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.28.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1937

Complementary

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #eac74e

Split complementary

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #ea794e
  3. #bfea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ebfea
  2. #4e71ea
  3. #794eea

Triadic

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #ea4e71
  3. #71ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #c74eea
  3. #eac74e
  4. #71ea4e

Square

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #ea4ebf
  3. #eac74e
  4. #4eea79

Monochromatic

  1. #112d8e
  2. #1943d3
  3. #4e71ea
  4. #92a8f2
  5. #d7dffa

Shades

#4e71ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #4666d3
  3. #3e5abb
  4. #374fa4
  5. #2f448c
  6. #273975
  7. #1f2d5e
  8. #172246
  9. #10172f
  10. #080b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e71ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #607fec
  3. #718dee
  4. #839cf0
  5. #95aaf2
  6. #a7b8f5
  7. #b8c6f7
  8. #cad4f9
  9. #dce3fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e71ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e71ea
  2. #5373df
  3. #5874d5
  4. #5d76ca
  5. #6277c0
  6. #6779b5
  7. #6c7aaa
  8. #717ca0
  9. #767d95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b76b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2381ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #397bed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2772e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0083c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e71ea {
  color: #4e71ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e71ea {
  background-color: #4e71ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e71ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e71ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e71ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 113 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e71ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e71ea, #794eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e71ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 113 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.28 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.73 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.14 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.67 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.91 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.38 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.81 #b18e15 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e71ea  rgb(78, 113, 234)  hsl(227, 79%, 61%)  Royal Blue
#eac74e  rgb(234, 199, 78)  hsl(47, 79%, 61%)  Saffron
#ea4e71  rgb(234, 78, 113)  hsl(347, 79%, 61%)  Neon Fuchsia
#71ea4e  rgb(113, 234, 78)  hsl(107, 79%, 61%)  Neon Green