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#4E5489

#4e5489 ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e5489 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 32.94% green and 53.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.07% cyan, 38.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 46.27% black. Its hue angle is 233.9°, with 27.44% saturation and 42.16% 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 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 8.06.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.0977

Complementary

  1. #4e5489
  2. #89834e

Split complementary

  1. #4e5489
  2. #89664e
  3. #72894e

Analogous

  1. #4e7289
  2. #4e5489
  3. #664e89

Triadic

  1. #4e5489
  2. #894e54
  3. #54894e

Tetradic

  1. #4e5489
  2. #834e89
  3. #89834e
  4. #54894e

Square

  1. #4e5489
  2. #894e72
  3. #89834e
  4. #4e8966

Monochromatic

  1. #161828
  2. #323658
  3. #4e5489
  4. #747ab0
  5. #a5a8cb

Shades

#4e5489 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e5489
  2. #464c7b
  3. #3e436e
  4. #373b60
  5. #2f3252
  6. #272a45
  7. #1f2237
  8. #171929
  9. #10111b
  10. #08080e
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e5489 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e5489
  2. #606595
  3. #7176a1
  4. #8387ac
  5. #9598b8
  6. #a7aac4
  7. #b8bbd0
  8. #caccdc
  9. #dcdde7
  10. #edeef3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e5489 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e5489
  2. #535888
  3. #585d87
  4. #5d6186
  5. #626685
  6. #676a85
  7. #6c6e84
  8. #717383
  9. #767782
  10. #7b7c81
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #585858 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #54566f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #425a8b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3d5688 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3b5f68 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #47588a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #455588 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #435b76 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e5489 {
  color: #4e5489;
}
Background
.bg-4e5489 {
  background-color: #4e5489;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e5489 {
  border: 2px solid #4e5489;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e5489;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 84 137;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 27% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e5489 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e5489, #664e89);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e5489 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 84 137 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 8.06 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 9.91 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 10.32 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 10.53 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 10.63 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 11.09 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 11.17 #b1ab76 Inverted #585858 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#4e5489  rgb(78, 84, 137)  hsl(234, 27%, 42%)  Dark Slate Blue
#89834e  rgb(137, 131, 78)  hsl(54, 27%, 42%)  Moss Green
#894e54  rgb(137, 78, 84)  hsl(354, 27%, 42%)  Tuscan Red
#54894e  rgb(84, 137, 78)  hsl(114, 27%, 42%)  Sea Green