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#4E20BA

#4e20ba ≈ Medium Blue

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e20ba is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 12.55% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.06% cyan, 82.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 257.92°, with 70.64% saturation and 42.75% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#6633cc
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Relative luminance0.062

Complementary

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #8cba20

Split complementary

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #ba9b20
  3. #3fba20

Analogous

  1. #203fba
  2. #4e20ba
  3. #9b20ba

Triadic

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #ba4e20
  3. #20ba4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #ba208c
  3. #8cba20
  4. #20ba4e

Square

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #ba203f
  3. #8cba20
  4. #20ba9b

Monochromatic

  1. #170a37
  2. #331579
  3. #4e20ba
  4. #7547df
  5. #a688eb

Shades

#4e20ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #461da7
  3. #3e1a95
  4. #371682
  5. #2f1370
  6. #27105d
  7. #1f0d4a
  8. #170a38
  9. #100625
  10. #080313
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e20ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #6036c1
  3. #714dc8
  4. #8363cf
  5. #9579d6
  6. #a790dd
  7. #b8a6e3
  8. #cabcea
  9. #dcd2f1
  10. #ede9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e20ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e20ba
  2. #532ab4
  3. #5833ae
  4. #5d3da9
  5. #6246a3
  6. #67509d
  7. #6c5a97
  8. #716391
  9. #766d8c
  10. #7b7686
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #464646 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4a3a85 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004abe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0042b7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #14506f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003dbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0037b8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #344293 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e20ba {
  color: #4e20ba;
}
Background
.bg-4e20ba {
  background-color: #4e20ba;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e20ba {
  border: 2px solid #4e20ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e20ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 32 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 258 71% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e20ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e20ba, #9b20ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e20ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 32 186 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.88 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 7.11 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 7.41 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 7.65 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 7.67 #0000ff Blue ΔE 7.74 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.77 #b1df45 Inverted #464646 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#4e20ba  rgb(78, 32, 186)  hsl(258, 71%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#8cba20  rgb(140, 186, 32)  hsl(78, 71%, 43%)  Apple Green
#ba4e20  rgb(186, 78, 32)  hsl(18, 71%, 43%)  Rust
#20ba4e  rgb(32, 186, 78)  hsl(138, 71%, 43%)  Emerald