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#4E6EE5

#4e6ee5 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e6ee5 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 43.14% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.94% cyan, 51.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 227.28°, with 74.38% saturation and 60.2% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.27.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1843

Complementary

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #e5c54e

Split complementary

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #e57a4e
  3. #bae54e

Analogous

  1. #4ebae5
  2. #4e6ee5
  3. #7a4ee5

Triadic

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #e54e6e
  3. #6ee54e

Tetradic

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #c54ee5
  3. #e5c54e
  4. #6ee54e

Square

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #e54eba
  3. #e5c54e
  4. #4ee57a

Monochromatic

  1. #142c86
  2. #1e42c9
  3. #4e6ee5
  4. #91a5ef
  5. #d3dbf9

Shades

#4e6ee5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #4663ce
  3. #3e58b7
  4. #374da0
  5. #2f4289
  6. #273773
  7. #1f2c5c
  8. #172145
  9. #10162e
  10. #080b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e6ee5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #607de8
  3. #718bea
  4. #839aed
  5. #95a8ef
  6. #a7b7f2
  7. #b8c5f5
  8. #cad4f7
  9. #dce2fa
  10. #edf1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e6ee5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e6ee5
  2. #5370db
  3. #5872d1
  4. #5d73c7
  5. #6275bd
  6. #6777b3
  7. #6c79a8
  8. #717b9e
  9. #767c94
  10. #7b7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6973ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #217ee9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0070e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008a9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3878e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #276fe4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0080bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e6ee5 {
  color: #4e6ee5;
}
Background
.bg-4e6ee5 {
  background-color: #4e6ee5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e6ee5 {
  border: 2px solid #4e6ee5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e6ee5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 110 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 74% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e6ee5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e6ee5, #7a4ee5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e6ee5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 110 229 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.27 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.08 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.63 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.13 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.15 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.34 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.89 #b1911a Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e6ee5  rgb(78, 110, 229)  hsl(227, 74%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#e5c54e  rgb(229, 197, 78)  hsl(47, 74%, 60%)  Saffron
#e54e6e  rgb(229, 78, 110)  hsl(347, 74%, 60%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6ee54e  rgb(110, 229, 78)  hsl(107, 74%, 60%)  Pastel Green