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#4D4E7B

#4d4e7b ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4d4e7b is a color from the blue family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.2% red, 30.59% green and 48.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.4% cyan, 36.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.76% black. Its hue angle is 238.7°, with 23% saturation and 39.22% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 7.85.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.0846

Complementary

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #7b7a4d

Split complementary

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #7b634d
  3. #657b4d

Analogous

  1. #4d657b
  2. #4d4e7b
  3. #634d7b

Triadic

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #7b4d4e
  3. #4e7b4d

Tetradic

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #7a4d7b
  3. #7b7a4d
  4. #4e7b4d

Square

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #7b4d65
  3. #7b7a4d
  4. #4d7b63

Monochromatic

  1. #12121d
  2. #30304c
  3. #4d4e7b
  4. #6f71a5
  5. #9e9fc3

Shades

#4d4e7b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #45466f
  3. #3e3e62
  4. #363756
  5. #2e2f4a
  6. #27273e
  7. #1f1f31
  8. #171725
  9. #0f1019
  10. #08080c
  11. #000000

Tints

#4d4e7b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #5f6088
  3. #717195
  4. #8283a3
  5. #9495b0
  6. #a6a7bd
  7. #b8b8ca
  8. #cacad7
  9. #dbdce5
  10. #ededf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4d4e7b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4d4e7b
  2. #52537c
  3. #57587c
  4. #5c5d7d
  5. #61627d
  6. #67677e
  7. #6c6c7e
  8. #71717f
  9. #76767f
  10. #7b7b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #525252 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #505065 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #40547d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e517a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #40575f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #45517c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #44507a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46536b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4d4e7b {
  color: #4d4e7b;
}
Background
.bg-4d4e7b {
  background-color: #4d4e7b;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4d4e7b {
  border: 2px solid #4d4e7b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4d4e7b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 77 78 123;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 23% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4d4e7b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4d4e7b, #634d7b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4d4e7b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(77 78 123 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 7.85 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 11.69 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 11.95 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 12.13 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 12.57 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 13.06 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 13.11 #b2b184 Inverted #525252 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#4d4e7b  rgb(77, 78, 123)  hsl(239, 23%, 39%)  Dark Slate Blue
#7b7a4d  rgb(123, 122, 77)  hsl(59, 23%, 39%)  Dark Olive Green
#7b4d4e  rgb(123, 77, 78)  hsl(359, 23%, 39%)  Tuscan Red
#4e7b4d  rgb(78, 123, 77)  hsl(119, 23%, 39%)  Fern Green