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#4E71BE

#4e71be ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e71be is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 44.31% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.95% cyan, 40.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 46.28% saturation and 52.55% 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 4.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.92.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1715

Complementary

  1. #4e71be
  2. #be9b4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e71be
  2. #be634e
  3. #a9be4e

Analogous

  1. #4ea9be
  2. #4e71be
  3. #634ebe

Triadic

  1. #4e71be
  2. #be4e71
  3. #71be4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e71be
  2. #9b4ebe
  3. #be9b4e
  4. #71be4e

Square

  1. #4e71be
  2. #be4ea9
  3. #be9b4e
  4. #4ebe63

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3054
  2. #334f8c
  3. #4e71be
  4. #869ed3
  5. #becbe7

Shades

#4e71be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e71be
  2. #4666ab
  3. #3e5a98
  4. #374f85
  5. #2f4472
  6. #27395f
  7. #1f2d4c
  8. #172239
  9. #101726
  10. #080b13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e71be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e71be
  2. #607fc5
  3. #718dcb
  4. #839cd2
  5. #95aad8
  6. #a7b8df
  7. #b8c6e5
  8. #cad4ec
  9. #dce3f2
  10. #edf1f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e71be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e71be
  2. #5373b8
  3. #5874b2
  4. #5d76ab
  5. #6277a5
  6. #67799f
  7. #6c7a99
  8. #717c93
  9. #767d8c
  10. #7b7f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #667297 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5079c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #416ebc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00828e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f76c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #466fbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2c7ca3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e71be {
  color: #4e71be;
}
Background
.bg-4e71be {
  background-color: #4e71be;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e71be {
  border: 2px solid #4e71be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e71be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 113 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 46% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e71be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e71be, #634ebe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e71be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 113 190 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.92 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.88 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.12 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.18 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.49 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.15 #1560bd Denim ΔE 7.30 #b18e41 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e71be  rgb(78, 113, 190)  hsl(221, 46%, 53%)  Royal Blue
#be9b4e  rgb(190, 155, 78)  hsl(41, 46%, 53%)  Camel
#be4e71  rgb(190, 78, 113)  hsl(341, 46%, 53%)  Telemagenta
#71be4e  rgb(113, 190, 78)  hsl(101, 46%, 53%)  Mantis