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#4E73E8

#4e73e8 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e73e8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.38% cyan, 50.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 225.58°, with 77% saturation and 60.78% 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 4.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.1971

Complementary

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #e8c34e

Split complementary

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #e8764e
  3. #c0e84e

Analogous

  1. #4ec0e8
  2. #4e73e8
  3. #764ee8

Triadic

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #e84e73
  3. #73e84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #c34ee8
  3. #e8c34e
  4. #73e84e

Square

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #e84ec0
  3. #e8c34e
  4. #4ee876

Monochromatic

  1. #122f8b
  2. #1b46cf
  3. #4e73e8
  4. #92a9f1
  5. #d5defa

Shades

#4e73e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #4668d1
  3. #3e5cba
  4. #3751a2
  5. #2f458b
  6. #273a74
  7. #1f2e5d
  8. #172346
  9. #10172e
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e73e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #6081ea
  3. #718fed
  4. #839def
  5. #95abf1
  6. #a7b9f4
  7. #b8c7f6
  8. #cad5f8
  9. #dce3fa
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e73e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e73e8
  2. #5374de
  3. #5876d3
  4. #5d77c9
  5. #6278be
  6. #677ab4
  7. #6c7baa
  8. #717c9f
  9. #767d95
  10. #7b7f8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c78b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2d82ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008fa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3d7ceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2c74e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e73e8 {
  color: #4e73e8;
}
Background
.bg-4e73e8 {
  background-color: #4e73e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e73e8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e73e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e73e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 115 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 77% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e73e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e73e8, #764ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e73e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 115 232 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.72 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.07 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.44 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.10 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.31 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.41 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 8.90 #b18c17 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4e73e8  rgb(78, 115, 232)  hsl(226, 77%, 61%)  Royal Blue
#e8c34e  rgb(232, 195, 78)  hsl(46, 77%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#e84e73  rgb(232, 78, 115)  hsl(346, 77%, 61%)  Blush
#73e84e  rgb(115, 232, 78)  hsl(106, 77%, 61%)  Pastel Green