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#4E5AEA

#4e5aea ≈ Majorelle Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e5aea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 35.29% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 61.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 235.38°, 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 5.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Majorelle Blue (#6050dc), ΔE 4.35.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1487

Complementary

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #eade4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #ea904e
  3. #a8ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ea8ea
  2. #4e5aea
  3. #904eea

Triadic

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #ea4e5a
  3. #5aea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #de4eea
  3. #eade4e
  4. #5aea4e

Square

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #ea4ea8
  3. #eade4e
  4. #4eea90

Monochromatic

  1. #111b8e
  2. #1927d3
  3. #4e5aea
  4. #929af2
  5. #d7dafa

Shades

#4e5aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #4651d3
  3. #3e48bb
  4. #373fa4
  5. #2f368c
  6. #272d75
  7. #1f245e
  8. #171b46
  9. #10122f
  10. #080917
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e5aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #606bec
  3. #717bee
  4. #838cf0
  5. #959cf2
  6. #a7adf5
  7. #b8bdf7
  8. #cacef9
  9. #dcdefb
  10. #edeffd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e5aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e5aea
  2. #535edf
  3. #5862d5
  4. #5d65ca
  5. #6269c0
  6. #676db5
  7. #6c71aa
  8. #7175a0
  9. #767895
  10. #7b7c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6c6c6c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6165ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0073ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0065e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007f9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #036aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0061e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0072bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e5aea {
  color: #4e5aea;
}
Background
.bg-4e5aea {
  background-color: #4e5aea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e5aea {
  border: 2px solid #4e5aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e5aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 90 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e5aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e5aea, #904eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e5aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 90 234 / 0.35);
}

#6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 4.35 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.46 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 5.20 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 5.49 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.78 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.80 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 9.40 #b1a515 Inverted #6c6c6c Grayscale 

Majorelle Blue
#4e5aea  rgb(78, 90, 234)  hsl(235, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue
#eade4e  rgb(234, 222, 78)  hsl(55, 79%, 61%)  Dandelion
#ea4e5a  rgb(234, 78, 90)  hsl(355, 79%, 61%)  Neon Fuchsia
#5aea4e  rgb(90, 234, 78)  hsl(115, 79%, 61%)  Malachite