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#4E7EA2

#4e7ea2 ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e7ea2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 49.41% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.85% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 35% saturation and 47.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.1915

Complementary

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #a2724e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #a24e54
  3. #a29c4e

Analogous

  1. #4ea29c
  2. #4e7ea2
  3. #4e54a2

Triadic

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #a24e7e
  3. #7ea24e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #724ea2
  3. #a2724e
  4. #7ea24e

Square

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #9c4ea2
  3. #a2724e
  4. #54a24e

Monochromatic

  1. #1c2e3b
  2. #35566e
  3. #4e7ea2
  4. #7ca3c0
  5. #b0c7d9

Shades

#4e7ea2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #467192
  3. #3e6582
  4. #375871
  5. #2f4c61
  6. #273f51
  7. #1f3241
  8. #172631
  9. #101920
  10. #080d10
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7ea2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #608bab
  3. #7198b5
  4. #83a5be
  5. #95b2c7
  6. #a7bfd1
  7. #b8cbda
  8. #cad8e3
  9. #dce5ec
  10. #edf2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7ea2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7ea2
  2. #537e9f
  3. #587e9b
  4. #5d7f98
  5. #627f94
  6. #677f91
  7. #6c7f8e
  8. #717f8a
  9. #768087
  10. #7b8083
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a7b8b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e7ea4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6375a1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #21878a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #637ea3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b79a2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #388394 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7ea2 {
  color: #4e7ea2;
}
Background
.bg-4e7ea2 {
  background-color: #4e7ea2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7ea2 {
  border: 2px solid #4e7ea2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7ea2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 126 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 35% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7ea2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7ea2, #4e54a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7ea2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 126 162 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.19 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.85 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.95 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.08 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.22 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.07 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.16 #b1815d Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4e7ea2  rgb(78, 126, 162)  hsl(206, 35%, 47%)  Steel Blue
#a2724e  rgb(162, 114, 78)  hsl(26, 35%, 47%)  Cafe au Lait
#a24e7e  rgb(162, 78, 126)  hsl(326, 35%, 47%)  Twilight Lavender
#7ea24e  rgb(126, 162, 78)  hsl(86, 35%, 47%)  Asparagus