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#4E89BB

#4e89bb ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e89bb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 53.73% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.29% cyan, 26.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 207.52°, with 44.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 5.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.61.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.231

Complementary

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #bb804e

Split complementary

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #bb4e53
  3. #bbb64e

Analogous

  1. #4ebbb6
  2. #4e89bb
  3. #4e53bb

Triadic

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #bb4e89
  3. #89bb4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #804ebb
  3. #bb804e
  4. #89bb4e

Square

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #b64ebb
  3. #bb804e
  4. #53bb4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3a51
  2. #346288
  3. #4e89bb
  4. #85aed0
  5. #bdd3e5

Shades

#4e89bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #467ba8
  3. #3e6e96
  4. #376083
  5. #2f5270
  6. #27455e
  7. #1f374b
  8. #172938
  9. #101b25
  10. #080e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e89bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #6095c2
  3. #71a1c9
  4. #83accf
  5. #95b8d6
  6. #a7c4dd
  7. #b8d0e4
  8. #cadceb
  9. #dce7f1
  10. #edf3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e89bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e89bb
  2. #5388b5
  3. #5887af
  4. #5d86a9
  5. #6285a3
  6. #67859e
  7. #6c8498
  8. #718392
  9. #76828c
  10. #7b8186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #72869d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #748abd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #657fba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00959a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #678abc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d83ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2a90a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e89bb {
  color: #4e89bb;
}
Background
.bg-4e89bb {
  background-color: #4e89bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e89bb {
  border: 2px solid #4e89bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e89bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 137 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e89bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e89bb, #4e53bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e89bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 137 187 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.61 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.58 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.72 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.61 #b17644 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4e89bb  rgb(78, 137, 187)  hsl(208, 44%, 52%)  Steel Blue
#bb804e  rgb(187, 128, 78)  hsl(28, 44%, 52%)  Copper
#bb4e89  rgb(187, 78, 137)  hsl(328, 44%, 52%)  Mulberry
#89bb4e  rgb(137, 187, 78)  hsl(88, 44%, 52%)  Pistachio