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#4E799E

#4e799e ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e799e is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 47.45% green and 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.63% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.04% black. Its hue angle is 207.75°, with 33.9% saturation and 46.27% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1776

Complementary

  1. #4e799e
  2. #9e734e

Split complementary

  1. #4e799e
  2. #9e4e51
  3. #9e9b4e

Analogous

  1. #4e9e9b
  2. #4e799e
  3. #4e519e

Triadic

  1. #4e799e
  2. #9e4e79
  3. #799e4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e799e
  2. #734e9e
  3. #9e734e
  4. #799e4e

Square

  1. #4e799e
  2. #9b4e9e
  3. #9e734e
  4. #519e4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1b2b38
  2. #35526b
  3. #4e799e
  4. #7b9fbe
  5. #aec4d7

Shades

#4e799e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e799e
  2. #466d8e
  3. #3e617e
  4. #37556f
  5. #2f495f
  6. #273d4f
  7. #1f303f
  8. #17242f
  9. #101820
  10. #080c10
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e799e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e799e
  2. #6086a8
  3. #7194b1
  4. #83a1bb
  5. #95afc5
  6. #a7bccf
  7. #b8c9d8
  8. #cad7e2
  9. #dce4ec
  10. #edf2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e799e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e799e
  2. #537a9b
  3. #587a98
  4. #5d7b95
  5. #627c92
  6. #677d8f
  7. #6c7d8c
  8. #717e89
  9. #767f86
  10. #7b7f83
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #687787 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a7aa0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f719d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #278285 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60799f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59749e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3a7e90 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e799e {
  color: #4e799e;
}
Background
.bg-4e799e {
  background-color: #4e799e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4e799e {
  border: 2px solid #4e799e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e799e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 121 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 34% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e799e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e799e, #4e519e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e799e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 121 158 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.36 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.88 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 5.44 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.19 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.20 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.37 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.80 #b18661 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4e799e  rgb(78, 121, 158)  hsl(208, 34%, 46%)  Steel Blue
#9e734e  rgb(158, 115, 78)  hsl(28, 34%, 46%)  Cafe au Lait
#9e4e79  rgb(158, 78, 121)  hsl(328, 34%, 46%)  Twilight Lavender
#799e4e  rgb(121, 158, 78)  hsl(88, 34%, 46%)  Moss Green