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#4E73EA

#4e73ea ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e73ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 45.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 50.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225.77°, 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.82.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1982

Complementary

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #eac54e

Split complementary

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #ea774e
  3. #c1ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec1ea
  2. #4e73ea
  3. #774eea

Triadic

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #ea4e73
  3. #73ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #c54eea
  3. #eac54e
  4. #73ea4e

Square

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #ea4ec1
  3. #eac54e
  4. #4eea77

Monochromatic

  1. #112f8e
  2. #1945d3
  3. #4e73ea
  4. #92a9f2
  5. #d7dffa

Shades

#4e73ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #4668d3
  3. #3e5cbb
  4. #3751a4
  5. #2f458c
  6. #273a75
  7. #1f2e5e
  8. #172346
  9. #10172f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e73ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #6081ec
  3. #718fee
  4. #839df0
  5. #95abf2
  6. #a7b9f5
  7. #b8c7f7
  8. #cad5f9
  9. #dce3fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e73ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e73ea
  2. #5374df
  3. #5876d5
  4. #5d77ca
  5. #6278c0
  6. #677ab5
  7. #6c7baa
  8. #717ca0
  9. #767d95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c78b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2a83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3c7ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2a74e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0085c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e73ea {
  color: #4e73ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e73ea {
  background-color: #4e73ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e73ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e73ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e73ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 115 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e73ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e73ea, #774eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e73ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 115 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.82 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.03 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.38 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.22 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.46 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.58 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.79 #b18c15 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e73ea  rgb(78, 115, 234)  hsl(226, 79%, 61%)  Royal Blue
#eac54e  rgb(234, 197, 78)  hsl(46, 79%, 61%)  Saffron
#ea4e73  rgb(234, 78, 115)  hsl(346, 79%, 61%)  Blush
#73ea4e  rgb(115, 234, 78)  hsl(106, 79%, 61%)  Neon Green