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#4A81AE

#4a81ae ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4a81ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 50.59% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.47% cyan, 25.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 207°, with 40.32% saturation and 48.63% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 0.96.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.2021

Complementary

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #ae774a

Split complementary

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #ae4a4f
  3. #aea94a

Analogous

  1. #4aaea9
  2. #4a81ae
  3. #4a4fae

Triadic

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #ae4a81
  3. #81ae4a

Tetradic

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #774aae
  3. #ae774a
  4. #81ae4a

Square

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #a94aae
  3. #ae774a
  4. #4fae4a

Monochromatic

  1. #1c3143
  2. #335978
  3. #4a81ae
  4. #7da6c8
  5. #b3cbde

Shades

#4a81ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #43749d
  3. #3b678b
  4. #345a7a
  5. #2c4d68
  6. #254157
  7. #1e3446
  8. #162734
  9. #0f1a23
  10. #070d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#4a81ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #5c8eb6
  3. #6e9abe
  4. #80a7c6
  5. #92b3ce
  6. #a5c0d7
  7. #b7cddf
  8. #c9d9e7
  9. #dbe6ef
  10. #edf2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4a81ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4a81ae
  2. #4f81a9
  3. #5581a5
  4. #5a81a0
  5. #60819c
  6. #658197
  7. #6a8092
  8. #70808e
  9. #758089
  10. #7b8085
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c7e93 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e82b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6078ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6181af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #587cad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2a889d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4a81ae {
  color: #4a81ae;
}
Background
.bg-4a81ae {
  background-color: #4a81ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4a81ae {
  border: 2px solid #4a81ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4a81ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 129 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 40% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4a81ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4a81ae, #4a4fae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4a81ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 129 174 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 0.96 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.01 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.34 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.49 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.71 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.75 #b57e51 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4a81ae  rgb(74, 129, 174)  hsl(207, 40%, 49%)  Steel Blue
#ae774a  rgb(174, 119, 74)  hsl(27, 40%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#ae4a81  rgb(174, 74, 129)  hsl(327, 40%, 49%)  Mulberry
#81ae4a  rgb(129, 174, 74)  hsl(87, 40%, 49%)  Asparagus