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#4E70EB

#4e70eb ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e70eb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 43.92% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.81% cyan, 52.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 227.01°, with 79.7% saturation and 61.37% 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 4.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.12.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1921

Complementary

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #ebc94e

Split complementary

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #eb7a4e
  3. #beeb4e

Analogous

  1. #4ebeeb
  2. #4e70eb
  3. #7a4eeb

Triadic

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #eb4e70
  3. #70eb4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #c94eeb
  3. #ebc94e
  4. #70eb4e

Square

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #eb4ebe
  3. #ebc94e
  4. #4eeb7a

Monochromatic

  1. #102c90
  2. #1841d4
  3. #4e70eb
  4. #93a8f3
  5. #d7dffb

Shades

#4e70eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #4665d4
  3. #3e5abc
  4. #374ea5
  5. #2f438d
  6. #273876
  7. #1f2d5e
  8. #172247
  9. #10162f
  10. #080b18
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e70eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #607eed
  3. #718def
  4. #839bf1
  5. #95a9f3
  6. #a7b8f5
  7. #b8c6f7
  8. #cad4f9
  9. #dce2fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e70eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e70eb
  2. #5372e0
  3. #5873d6
  4. #5d75cb
  5. #6276c0
  6. #6778b6
  7. #6c7aab
  8. #717ba0
  9. #767d95
  10. #7b7e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b76b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1d81ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008da3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #377aee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2471ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0083c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e70eb {
  color: #4e70eb;
}
Background
.bg-4e70eb {
  background-color: #4e70eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e70eb {
  border: 2px solid #4e70eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e70eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 112 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e70eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e70eb, #7a4eeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e70eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 112 235 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.12 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.39 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.22 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.96 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.13 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.21 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 9.02 #b18f14 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e70eb  rgb(78, 112, 235)  hsl(227, 80%, 61%)  Royal Blue
#ebc94e  rgb(235, 201, 78)  hsl(47, 80%, 61%)  Naples Yellow
#eb4e70  rgb(235, 78, 112)  hsl(347, 80%, 61%)  Neon Fuchsia
#70eb4e  rgb(112, 235, 78)  hsl(107, 80%, 61%)  Neon Green