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#4E15CA

#4e15ca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e15ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 8.24% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.39% cyan, 89.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 258.9°, with 81.17% saturation and 43.73% 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#6600cc
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Relative luminance0.0642

Complementary

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #91ca15

Split complementary

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #caa915
  3. #36ca15

Analogous

  1. #1536ca
  2. #4e15ca
  3. #a915ca

Triadic

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #ca4e15
  3. #15ca4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #ca1591
  3. #91ca15
  4. #15ca4e

Square

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #ca1536
  3. #91ca15
  4. #15caa9

Monochromatic

  1. #18073f
  2. #330e85
  3. #4e15ca
  4. #7640eb
  5. #a886f2

Shades

#4e15ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #4613b6
  3. #3e11a2
  4. #370f8d
  5. #2f0d79
  6. #270b65
  7. #1f0851
  8. #17063d
  9. #100428
  10. #080214
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e15ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #602ccf
  3. #7144d5
  4. #835bda
  5. #9573df
  6. #a78ae5
  7. #b8a1ea
  8. #cab9ef
  9. #dcd0f4
  10. #ede8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e15ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e15ca
  2. #5320c3
  3. #582abb
  4. #5d35b4
  5. #6240ac
  6. #674ba5
  7. #6c559e
  8. #716096
  9. #766b8f
  10. #7b7587
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #484848 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4a398f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004ccf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0042c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005477 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003dcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0035c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2b439f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e15ca {
  color: #4e15ca;
}
Background
.bg-4e15ca {
  background-color: #4e15ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e15ca {
  border: 2px solid #4e15ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e15ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 21 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 81% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e15ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e15ca, #a915ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e15ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 21 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.14 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 5.80 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.93 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.17 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.79 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.96 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.59 #b1ea35 Inverted #484848 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#4e15ca  rgb(78, 21, 202)  hsl(259, 81%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#91ca15  rgb(145, 202, 21)  hsl(79, 81%, 44%)  Yellow Green
#ca4e15  rgb(202, 78, 21)  hsl(19, 81%, 44%)  Sinopia
#15ca4e  rgb(21, 202, 78)  hsl(139, 81%, 44%)  Lime Green