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#4E73E6

#4e73e6 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e73e6 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 45.1% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.09% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 225.39°, 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 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.63.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1959

Complementary

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #e6c14e

Split complementary

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #e6754e
  3. #bfe64e

Analogous

  1. #4ebfe6
  2. #4e73e6
  3. #754ee6

Triadic

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #e64e73
  3. #73e64e

Tetradic

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #c14ee6
  3. #e6c14e
  4. #73e64e

Square

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #e64ebf
  3. #e6c14e
  4. #4ee675

Monochromatic

  1. #133088
  2. #1d47cb
  3. #4e73e6
  4. #91a8ef
  5. #d4ddf9

Shades

#4e73e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #4668cf
  3. #3e5cb8
  4. #3751a1
  5. #2f458a
  6. #273a73
  7. #1f2e5c
  8. #172345
  9. #10172e
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e73e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #6081e9
  3. #718feb
  4. #839dee
  5. #95abf0
  6. #a7b9f3
  7. #b8c7f5
  8. #cad5f8
  9. #dce3fa
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e73e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e73e6
  2. #5374dc
  3. #5876d2
  4. #5d77c7
  5. #6278bd
  6. #677ab3
  7. #6c7ba9
  8. #717c9f
  9. #767d94
  10. #7b7f8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b77b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3082ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ea2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3e7ce8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2e74e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e73e6 {
  color: #4e73e6;
}
Background
.bg-4e73e6 {
  background-color: #4e73e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e73e6 {
  border: 2px solid #4e73e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e73e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 115 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 75% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e73e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e73e6, #754ee6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e73e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 115 230 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.63 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.12 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.52 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.97 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.16 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.25 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.97 #b18c19 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e73e6  rgb(78, 115, 230)  hsl(225, 75%, 60%)  Royal Blue
#e6c14e  rgb(230, 193, 78)  hsl(45, 75%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#e64e73  rgb(230, 78, 115)  hsl(345, 75%, 60%)  Blush
#73e64e  rgb(115, 230, 78)  hsl(105, 75%, 60%)  Pastel Green