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#4E16CA

#4e16ca ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e16ca is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 8.63% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.39% cyan, 89.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 258.67°, with 80.36% saturation and 43.92% 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 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 5.19.

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Web safe#6600cc
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Relative luminance0.0646

Complementary

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #92ca16

Split complementary

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #caa816
  3. #38ca16

Analogous

  1. #1638ca
  2. #4e16ca
  3. #a816ca

Triadic

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #ca4e16
  3. #16ca4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #ca1692
  3. #92ca16
  4. #16ca4e

Square

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #ca1638
  3. #92ca16
  4. #16caa8

Monochromatic

  1. #190740
  2. #330e85
  3. #4e16ca
  4. #7642ea
  5. #a887f2

Shades

#4e16ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #4614b6
  3. #3e12a2
  4. #370f8d
  5. #2f0d79
  6. #270b65
  7. #1f0951
  8. #17073d
  9. #100428
  10. #080214
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e16ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #602dcf
  3. #7145d5
  4. #835cda
  5. #9573df
  6. #a78be5
  7. #b8a2ea
  8. #cab9ef
  9. #dcd0f4
  10. #ede8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e16ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e16ca
  2. #5321c3
  3. #582bbb
  4. #5d36b4
  5. #6240ac
  6. #674ba5
  7. #6c569e
  8. #716096
  9. #766b8f
  10. #7b7587
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #484848 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4a3a8f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004dcf ≈ 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-4e16ca {
  color: #4e16ca;
}
Background
.bg-4e16ca {
  background-color: #4e16ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e16ca {
  border: 2px solid #4e16ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e16ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 22 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 259 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e16ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e16ca, #a816ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e16ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 22 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.19 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 5.78 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.92 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 6.13 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.81 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.93 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 8.50 #b1e935 Inverted #484848 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#4e16ca  rgb(78, 22, 202)  hsl(259, 80%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#92ca16  rgb(146, 202, 22)  hsl(79, 80%, 44%)  Yellow Green
#ca4e16  rgb(202, 78, 22)  hsl(19, 80%, 44%)  Sinopia
#16ca4e  rgb(22, 202, 78)  hsl(139, 80%, 44%)  Lime Green