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#4E05BA

#4e05ba ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e05ba is a color from the violet family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 1.96% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.06% cyan, 97.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 264.2°, with 94.76% saturation and 37.45% 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 10.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#6600cc
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Relative luminance0.0527

Complementary

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #71ba05

Split complementary

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #baa805
  3. #16ba05

Analogous

  1. #0516ba
  2. #4e05ba
  3. #a805ba

Triadic

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #ba4e05
  3. #05ba4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #ba0571
  3. #71ba05
  4. #05ba4e

Square

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #ba0516
  3. #71ba05
  4. #05baa8

Monochromatic

  1. #100125
  2. #2f036f
  3. #4e05ba
  4. #7013f9
  5. #9d5dfb

Shades

#4e05ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #4605a7
  3. #3e0495
  4. #370482
  5. #2f0370
  6. #27035d
  7. #1f024a
  8. #170238
  9. #100125
  10. #080113
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e05ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #601ec1
  3. #7137c8
  4. #8350cf
  5. #9569d6
  6. #a782dd
  7. #b89be3
  8. #cab4ea
  9. #dccdf1
  10. #ede6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e05ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e05ba
  2. #5311b4
  3. #581eae
  4. #5d2aa9
  5. #6236a3
  6. #67439d
  7. #6c4f97
  8. #715b91
  9. #76678c
  10. #7b7486
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #414141 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #463283 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0044be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003cb7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #154a6c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0035bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002fb8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #353992 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e05ba {
  color: #4e05ba;
}
Background
.bg-4e05ba {
  background-color: #4e05ba;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e05ba {
  border: 2px solid #4e05ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e05ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 5 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 95% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e05ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e05ba, #a805ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e05ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 5 186 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.92 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 6.59 #0000ff Blue ΔE 8.00 #4b0082 Indigo ΔE 8.06 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 8.16 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.73 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 9.02 #b1fa45 Inverted #414141 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#4e05ba  rgb(78, 5, 186)  hsl(264, 95%, 37%)  Medium Blue
#71ba05  rgb(113, 186, 5)  hsl(84, 95%, 37%)  Kelly Green
#ba4e05  rgb(186, 78, 5)  hsl(24, 95%, 37%)  Mahogany
#05ba4e  rgb(5, 186, 78)  hsl(144, 95%, 37%)  Emerald