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#4E6480

#4e6480 ≈ Queen Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e6480 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 39.22% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.06% cyan, 21.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.8% black. Its hue angle is 213.6°, with 24.27% saturation and 40.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.07:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Queen Blue (#436b95), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1229

Complementary

  1. #4e6480
  2. #806a4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e6480
  2. #80514e
  3. #7d804e

Analogous

  1. #4e7d80
  2. #4e6480
  3. #514e80

Triadic

  1. #4e6480
  2. #804e64
  3. #64804e

Tetradic

  1. #4e6480
  2. #6a4e80
  3. #806a4e
  4. #64804e

Square

  1. #4e6480
  2. #804e7d
  3. #806a4e
  4. #4e8051

Monochromatic

  1. #141a21
  2. #313f50
  3. #4e6480
  4. #728aa9
  5. #a1b1c6

Shades

#4e6480 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e6480
  2. #465a73
  3. #3e5066
  4. #37465a
  5. #2f3c4d
  6. #273240
  7. #1f2833
  8. #171e26
  9. #10141a
  10. #080a0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e6480 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e6480
  2. #60748d
  3. #718399
  4. #8393a6
  5. #95a2b3
  6. #a7b2c0
  7. #b8c1cc
  8. #cad1d9
  9. #dce0e6
  10. #edf0f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e6480 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e6480
  2. #536780
  3. #586a80
  4. #5d6c80
  5. #626f80
  6. #677280
  7. #6c7580
  8. #717880
  9. #767a80
  10. #7b7d80
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #626262 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5b636f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a6581 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #54607f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3d6a6d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #556581 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #526280 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #456875 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e6480 {
  color: #4e6480;
}
Background
.bg-4e6480 {
  background-color: #4e6480;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e6480 {
  border: 2px solid #4e6480;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e6480;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 100 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 24% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e6480 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e6480, #514e80);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e6480 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 100 128 / 0.35);
}

#436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 5.07 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 7.46 #1560bd Denim ΔE 9.19 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 9.41 #006994 Sea Blue ΔE 9.95 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 10.11 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 10.44 #b19b7f Inverted #626262 Grayscale 

Queen Blue
#4e6480  rgb(78, 100, 128)  hsl(214, 24%, 40%)  Queen Blue
#806a4e  rgb(128, 106, 78)  hsl(34, 24%, 40%)  Raw Umber
#804e64  rgb(128, 78, 100)  hsl(334, 24%, 40%)  Twilight Lavender
#64804e  rgb(100, 128, 78)  hsl(94, 24%, 40%)  Fern Green