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#4E73CD

#4e73cd ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e73cd is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 45.1% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.95% cyan, 43.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 222.52°, with 55.95% saturation and 55.49% 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 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.09.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1829

Complementary

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #cda84e

Split complementary

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #cd684e
  3. #b3cd4e

Analogous

  1. #4eb3cd
  2. #4e73cd
  3. #684ecd

Triadic

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #cd4e73
  3. #73cd4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #a84ecd
  3. #cda84e
  4. #73cd4e

Square

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #cd4eb3
  3. #cda84e
  4. #4ecd68

Monochromatic

  1. #1d3265
  2. #2d4fa1
  3. #4e73cd
  4. #8aa2de
  5. #c5d1ef

Shades

#4e73cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #4668b9
  3. #3e5ca4
  4. #375190
  5. #2f457b
  6. #273a67
  7. #1f2e52
  8. #17233e
  9. #101729
  10. #080c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e73cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #6081d2
  3. #718fd7
  4. #839ddc
  5. #95abe1
  6. #a7b9e6
  7. #b8c7eb
  8. #cad5f0
  9. #dce3f5
  10. #edf1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e73cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e73cd
  2. #5374c5
  3. #5876be
  4. #5d77b6
  5. #6278ae
  6. #677aa7
  7. #6c7b9f
  8. #717c97
  9. #767d8f
  10. #7b7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6975a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #497dd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3671cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008796 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b79cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4172cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2080af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e73cd {
  color: #4e73cd;
}
Background
.bg-4e73cd {
  background-color: #4e73cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e73cd {
  border: 2px solid #4e73cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e73cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 115 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e73cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e73cd, #684ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e73cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 115 205 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.09 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.63 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.68 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.79 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.33 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.62 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.70 #b18c32 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e73cd  rgb(78, 115, 205)  hsl(223, 56%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#cda84e  rgb(205, 168, 78)  hsl(43, 56%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#cd4e73  rgb(205, 78, 115)  hsl(343, 56%, 55%)  Cerise
#73cd4e  rgb(115, 205, 78)  hsl(103, 56%, 55%)  Mantis