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#4859EA

#4859ea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4859ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.23% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 233.7°, with 79.41% saturation and 60% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 4.55.

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Relative luminance0.1446

Complementary

  1. #4859ea
  2. #ead948

Split complementary

  1. #4859ea
  2. #ea8848
  3. #aaea48

Analogous

  1. #48aaea
  2. #4859ea
  3. #8848ea

Triadic

  1. #4859ea
  2. #ea4859
  3. #59ea48

Tetradic

  1. #4859ea
  2. #d948ea
  3. #ead948
  4. #59ea48

Square

  1. #4859ea
  2. #ea48aa
  3. #ead948
  4. #48ea88

Monochromatic

  1. #101d89
  2. #182bce
  3. #4859ea
  4. #8d97f2
  5. #d1d6fa

Shades

#4859ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4859ea
  2. #4150d3
  3. #3a47bb
  4. #323ea4
  5. #2b358c
  6. #242d75
  7. #1d245e
  8. #161b46
  9. #0e122f
  10. #070917
  11. #000000

Tints

#4859ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4859ea
  2. #5a6aec
  3. #6d7aee
  4. #7f8bf0
  5. #919bf2
  6. #a4acf5
  7. #b6bdf7
  8. #c8cdf9
  9. #dadefb
  10. #edeefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4859ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4859ea
  2. #4e5ddf
  3. #5361d5
  4. #5965ca
  5. #5e69c0
  6. #646db5
  7. #6a70aa
  8. #6f74a0
  9. #757895
  10. #7a7c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e64ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0063e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007e99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0069ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0071bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4859ea {
  color: #4859ea;
}
Background
.bg-4859ea {
  background-color: #4859ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4859ea {
  border: 2px solid #4859ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4859ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4859ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4859ea, #8848ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4859ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.55 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 4.57 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 5.23 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.74 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.94 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.51 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 9.26 #b7a615 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#4859ea  rgb(72, 89, 234)  hsl(234, 79%, 60%)  Ultramarine Blue
#ead948  rgb(234, 217, 72)  hsl(54, 79%, 60%)  Dandelion
#ea4859  rgb(234, 72, 89)  hsl(354, 79%, 60%)  Neon Fuchsia
#59ea48  rgb(89, 234, 72)  hsl(114, 79%, 60%)  Neon Green