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#4871CE

#4871ce ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4871ce is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 44.31% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.05% cyan, 45.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 221.64°, with 57.76% saturation and 54.51% 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 4.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1764

Complementary

  1. #4871ce
  2. #cea548

Split complementary

  1. #4871ce
  2. #ce6248
  3. #b4ce48

Analogous

  1. #48b4ce
  2. #4871ce
  3. #6248ce

Triadic

  1. #4871ce
  2. #ce4871
  3. #71ce48

Tetradic

  1. #4871ce
  2. #a548ce
  3. #cea548
  4. #71ce48

Square

  1. #4871ce
  2. #ce48b4
  3. #cea548
  4. #48ce62

Monochromatic

  1. #1a3063
  2. #2b4e9f
  3. #4871ce
  4. #84a0de
  5. #c1cfee

Shades

#4871ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4871ce
  2. #4166b9
  3. #3a5aa5
  4. #324f90
  5. #2b447c
  6. #243967
  7. #1d2d52
  8. #16223e
  9. #0e1729
  10. #070b15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4871ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4871ce
  2. #5a7fd3
  3. #6d8dd8
  4. #7f9cdd
  5. #91aae2
  6. #a4b8e7
  7. #b6c6eb
  8. #c8d4f0
  9. #dae3f5
  10. #edf1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4871ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4871ce
  2. #4e73c6
  3. #5374be
  4. #5976b7
  5. #5e77af
  6. #6479a7
  7. #6a7a9f
  8. #6f7c97
  9. #757d90
  10. #7a7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6673a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #447bd2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2c6fcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008695 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4577d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3970cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #037eaf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4871ce {
  color: #4871ce;
}
Background
.bg-4871ce {
  background-color: #4871ce;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4871ce {
  border: 2px solid #4871ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4871ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 113 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 58% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4871ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4871ce, #6248ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4871ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 113 206 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.58 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.32 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.69 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.04 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.04 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.53 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.22 #b78e31 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4871ce  rgb(72, 113, 206)  hsl(222, 58%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#cea548  rgb(206, 165, 72)  hsl(42, 58%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#ce4871  rgb(206, 72, 113)  hsl(342, 58%, 55%)  Razzmatazz
#71ce48  rgb(113, 206, 72)  hsl(102, 58%, 55%)  Lime Green