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#4912CA

#4912ca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4912ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 7.06% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.86% cyan, 91.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 257.93°, with 83.64% saturation and 43.14% 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 9.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 4.47.

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Web safe#3300cc
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Relative luminance0.0611

Complementary

  1. #4912ca
  2. #93ca12

Split complementary

  1. #4912ca
  2. #caa512
  3. #37ca12

Analogous

  1. #1237ca
  2. #4912ca
  3. #a512ca

Triadic

  1. #4912ca
  2. #ca4912
  3. #12ca49

Tetradic

  1. #4912ca
  2. #ca1293
  3. #93ca12
  4. #12ca49

Square

  1. #4912ca
  2. #ca1237
  3. #93ca12
  4. #12caa5

Monochromatic

  1. #16053e
  2. #300c84
  3. #4912ca
  4. #703bee
  5. #a381f4

Shades

#4912ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4912ca
  2. #4210b6
  3. #3a0ea2
  4. #330d8d
  5. #2c0b79
  6. #250965
  7. #1d0751
  8. #16053d
  9. #0f0428
  10. #070214
  11. #000000

Tints

#4912ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4912ca
  2. #5b2acf
  3. #6d41d5
  4. #8059da
  5. #9271df
  6. #a489e5
  7. #b6a0ea
  8. #c8b8ef
  9. #dbd0f4
  10. #ede7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4912ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4912ca
  2. #4f1dc3
  3. #5428bb
  4. #5a33b4
  5. #5f3eac
  6. #6549a5
  7. #6a549e
  8. #705f96
  9. #756a8f
  10. #7b7587
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #47388f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0040c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005477 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003ccd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0033c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1e429f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4912ca {
  color: #4912ca;
}
Background
.bg-4912ca {
  background-color: #4912ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4912ca {
  border: 2px solid #4912ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4912ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 18 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 84% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4912ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4912ca, #a512ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4912ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 18 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.47 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.79 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 5.91 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.49 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.24 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.41 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.54 #b6ed35 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#4912ca  rgb(73, 18, 202)  hsl(258, 84%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#93ca12  rgb(147, 202, 18)  hsl(78, 84%, 43%)  Yellow Green
#ca4912  rgb(202, 73, 18)  hsl(18, 84%, 43%)  Sinopia
#12ca49  rgb(18, 202, 73)  hsl(138, 84%, 43%)  Lime Green