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#4E71E6

#4e71e6 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e71e6 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 44.31% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.09% cyan, 50.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 226.18°, with 75.25% saturation and 60.39% 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 4.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.05.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1914

Complementary

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #e6c34e

Split complementary

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #e6774e
  3. #bde64e

Analogous

  1. #4ebde6
  2. #4e71e6
  3. #774ee6

Triadic

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #e64e71
  3. #71e64e

Tetradic

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #c34ee6
  3. #e6c34e
  4. #71e64e

Square

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #e64ebd
  3. #e6c34e
  4. #4ee677

Monochromatic

  1. #132e88
  2. #1d45cb
  3. #4e71e6
  4. #91a7ef
  5. #d4ddf9

Shades

#4e71e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #4666cf
  3. #3e5ab8
  4. #374fa1
  5. #2f448a
  6. #273973
  7. #1f2d5c
  8. #172245
  9. #10172e
  10. #080b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e71e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #607fe9
  3. #718deb
  4. #839cee
  5. #95aaf0
  6. #a7b8f3
  7. #b8c6f5
  8. #cad4f8
  9. #dce3fa
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e71e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e71e6
  2. #5373dc
  3. #5874d2
  4. #5d76c7
  5. #6277bd
  6. #6779b3
  7. #6c7aa9
  8. #717c9f
  9. #767d94
  10. #7b7f8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a76af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2a80ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008da1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3c7ae9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2b72e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0082c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e71e6 {
  color: #4e71e6;
}
Background
.bg-4e71e6 {
  background-color: #4e71e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e71e6 {
  border: 2px solid #4e71e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e71e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 113 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 75% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e71e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e71e6, #774ee6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e71e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 113 230 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.05 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.89 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.23 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.44 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.63 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.50 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.60 #b18e19 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e71e6  rgb(78, 113, 230)  hsl(226, 75%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#e6c34e  rgb(230, 195, 78)  hsl(46, 75%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#e64e71  rgb(230, 78, 113)  hsl(346, 75%, 60%)  Blush
#71e64e  rgb(113, 230, 78)  hsl(106, 75%, 60%)  Pastel Green