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#4516EA

#4516ea ≈ Ultramarine

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#4516ea is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 8.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.51% cyan, 90.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 253.3°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ultramarine (#3f00ff), ΔE 2.14.

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Relative luminance0.0778

Complementary

  1. #4516ea
  2. #bbea16

Split complementary

  1. #4516ea
  2. #eaaf16
  3. #51ea16

Analogous

  1. #1651ea
  2. #4516ea
  3. #af16ea

Triadic

  1. #4516ea
  2. #ea4516
  3. #16ea45

Tetradic

  1. #4516ea
  2. #ea16bb
  3. #bbea16
  4. #16ea45

Square

  1. #4516ea
  2. #ea1651
  3. #bbea16
  4. #16eaaf

Monochromatic

  1. #1c095f
  2. #300fa5
  3. #4516ea
  4. #7d5cf0
  5. #b5a2f7

Shades

#4516ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4516ea
  2. #3e14d3
  3. #3712bb
  4. #300fa4
  5. #290d8c
  6. #230b75
  7. #1c095e
  8. #150746
  9. #0e042f
  10. #070217
  11. #000000

Tints

#4516ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4516ea
  2. #582dec
  3. #6a45ee
  4. #7d5cf0
  5. #8f73f2
  6. #a28bf5
  7. #b5a2f7
  8. #c7b9f9
  9. #dad0fb
  10. #ece8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4516ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4516ea
  2. #4b21df
  3. #512bd5
  4. #5736ca
  5. #5d40c0
  6. #634bb5
  7. #6856aa
  8. #6e60a0
  9. #746b95
  10. #7a758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #4f4f4f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4b3fa5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0057ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0046e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00638a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0045ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0038e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004fb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4516ea {
  color: #4516ea;
}
Background
.bg-4516ea {
  background-color: #4516ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4516ea {
  border: 2px solid #4516ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4516ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 22 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4516ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4516ea, #af16ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4516ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 22 234 / 0.35);
}

#3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.14 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 2.73 #0000ff Blue ΔE 2.94 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 5.40 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 6.64 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.95 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 9.23 #bae915 Inverted #4f4f4f Grayscale 

Ultramarine
#4516ea  rgb(69, 22, 234)  hsl(253, 83%, 50%)  Ultramarine
#bbea16  rgb(187, 234, 22)  hsl(73, 83%, 50%)  Electric Lime
#ea4516  rgb(234, 69, 22)  hsl(13, 83%, 50%)  Coquelicot
#16ea45  rgb(22, 234, 69)  hsl(133, 83%, 50%)  Malachite