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#4E4CEA

#4e4cea ≈ Majorelle Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e4cea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 29.8% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 67.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 240.76°, with 79% saturation and 60.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Majorelle Blue (#6050dc), ΔE 2.73.

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Relative luminance0.1273

Complementary

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #e8ea4c

Split complementary

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #ea9d4c
  3. #99ea4c

Analogous

  1. #4c99ea
  2. #4e4cea
  3. #9d4cea

Triadic

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #ea4e4c
  3. #4cea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #ea4ce8
  3. #e8ea4c
  4. #4cea4e

Square

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #ea4c99
  3. #e8ea4c
  4. #4cea9d

Monochromatic

  1. #12108c
  2. #1b19d1
  3. #4e4cea
  4. #9290f2
  5. #d5d5fa

Shades

#4e4cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #4644d3
  3. #3e3dbb
  4. #3735a4
  5. #2f2e8c
  6. #272675
  7. #1f1e5e
  8. #171746
  9. #100f2f
  10. #080817
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e4cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #605eec
  3. #7170ee
  4. #8382f0
  5. #9594f2
  6. #a7a6f5
  7. #b8b7f7
  8. #cac9f9
  9. #dcdbfb
  10. #ededfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e4cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e4cea
  2. #5351df
  3. #5856d5
  4. #5d5cca
  5. #6261c0
  6. #6766b5
  7. #6c6baa
  8. #7170a0
  9. #767695
  10. #7b7b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #646464 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5c5bab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006bef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005de7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007695 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0060ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0057e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0068bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e4cea {
  color: #4e4cea;
}
Background
.bg-4e4cea {
  background-color: #4e4cea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e4cea {
  border: 2px solid #4e4cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e4cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 76 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 241 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e4cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e4cea, #9d4cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e4cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 76 234 / 0.35);
}

#6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 2.73 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 3.56 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 6.17 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 7.68 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 8.29 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.54 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 9.56 #b1b315 Inverted #646464 Grayscale 

Majorelle Blue
#4e4cea  rgb(78, 76, 234)  hsl(241, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#e8ea4c  rgb(232, 234, 76)  hsl(61, 79%, 61%)  Icterine
#ea4e4c  rgb(234, 78, 76)  hsl(1, 79%, 61%)  Cinnabar
#4cea4e  rgb(76, 234, 78)  hsl(121, 79%, 61%)  Malachite