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#4E00CA

#4e00ca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#4e00ca is a color from the violet family, with low lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 0% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.39% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 263.17°, with 100% saturation and 39.61% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 4.61.

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Web safe#6600cc
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Relative luminance0.0588

Complementary

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #7cca00

Split complementary

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #cab300
  3. #17ca00

Analogous

  1. #0017ca
  2. #4e00ca
  3. #b300ca

Triadic

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #ca4e00
  3. #00ca4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #ca007c
  3. #7cca00
  4. #00ca4e

Square

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #ca0017
  3. #7cca00
  4. #00cab3

Monochromatic

  1. #130031
  2. #30007e
  3. #4e00ca
  4. #7118ff
  5. #a064ff

Shades

#4e00ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #4600b6
  3. #3e00a2
  4. #37008d
  5. #2f0079
  6. #270065
  7. #1f0051
  8. #17003d
  9. #100028
  10. #080014
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e00ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #601acf
  3. #7133d5
  4. #834dda
  5. #9566df
  6. #a780e5
  7. #b899ea
  8. #cab3ef
  9. #dcccf4
  10. #ede6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e00ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e00ca
  2. #530dc3
  3. #581abb
  4. #5d26b4
  5. #6233ac
  6. #6740a5
  7. #6c4d9e
  8. #715a96
  9. #76668f
  10. #7b7387
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #454545 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #49358e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0049cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003fc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005076 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0039cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0030c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2b3e9e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e00ca {
  color: #4e00ca;
}
Background
.bg-4e00ca {
  background-color: #4e00ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e00ca {
  border: 2px solid #4e00ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e00ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 0 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 263 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e00ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e00ca, #b300ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e00ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 0 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.61 #0000ff Blue ΔE 6.18 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 6.23 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.91 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.54 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.52 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.72 #b1ff35 Inverted #454545 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#4e00ca  rgb(78, 0, 202)  hsl(263, 100%, 40%)  Medium Blue
#7cca00  rgb(124, 202, 0)  hsl(83, 100%, 40%)  Yellow Green
#ca4e00  rgb(202, 78, 0)  hsl(23, 100%, 40%)  Burnt Orange
#00ca4e  rgb(0, 202, 78)  hsl(143, 100%, 40%)  Lime Green