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#4E50EA

#4e50ea ≈ Majorelle Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e50ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 31.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 65.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 239.23°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 5.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Majorelle Blue (#6050dc), ΔE 2.72.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.133

Complementary

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #eae84e

Split complementary

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #ea9a4e
  3. #9eea4e

Analogous

  1. #4e9eea
  2. #4e50ea
  3. #9a4eea

Triadic

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #ea4e50
  3. #50ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #e84eea
  3. #eae84e
  4. #50ea4e

Square

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #ea4e9e
  3. #eae84e
  4. #4eea9a

Monochromatic

  1. #11128e
  2. #191bd3
  3. #4e50ea
  4. #9294f2
  5. #d7d7fa

Shades

#4e50ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #4648d3
  3. #3e40bb
  4. #3738a4
  5. #2f308c
  6. #272875
  7. #1f205e
  8. #171846
  9. #10102f
  10. #080817
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e50ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #6062ec
  3. #7173ee
  4. #8385f0
  5. #9596f2
  6. #a7a8f5
  7. #b8b9f7
  8. #cacbf9
  9. #dcdcfb
  10. #edeefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e50ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e50ea
  2. #5355df
  3. #585ad5
  4. #5d5eca
  5. #6263c0
  6. #6768b5
  7. #6c6daa
  8. #7172a0
  9. #767695
  10. #7b7b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #666666 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5d5eab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006def ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007996 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0063ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0059e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #006bbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e50ea {
  color: #4e50ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e50ea {
  background-color: #4e50ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e50ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e50ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e50ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 80 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 239 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e50ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e50ea, #9a4eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e50ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 80 234 / 0.35);
}

#6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 2.72 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 3.66 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.72 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.24 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 8.23 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 8.53 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 9.45 #b1af15 Inverted #666666 Grayscale 

Majorelle Blue
#4e50ea  rgb(78, 80, 234)  hsl(239, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#eae84e  rgb(234, 232, 78)  hsl(59, 79%, 61%)  Icterine
#ea4e50  rgb(234, 78, 80)  hsl(359, 79%, 61%)  Indian Red
#50ea4e  rgb(80, 234, 78)  hsl(119, 79%, 61%)  Malachite