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#4E82AB

#4e82ab ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e82ab is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 50.98% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.39% cyan, 23.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 206.45°, with 37.35% saturation and 48.82% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 1.67.

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Relative luminance0.2053

Complementary

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #ab774e

Split complementary

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #ab4e53
  3. #aba54e

Analogous

  1. #4eaba5
  2. #4e82ab
  3. #4e53ab

Triadic

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #ab4e82
  3. #82ab4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #774eab
  3. #ab774e
  4. #82ab4e

Square

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #a54eab
  3. #ab774e
  4. #53ab4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1e3242
  2. #365a76
  3. #4e82ab
  4. #80a7c5
  5. #b5cbdd

Shades

#4e82ab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #46759a
  3. #3e6889
  4. #375b78
  5. #2f4e67
  6. #274156
  7. #1f3444
  8. #172733
  9. #101a22
  10. #080d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e82ab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #608fb3
  3. #719bbc
  4. #83a8c4
  5. #95b4cd
  6. #a7c1d5
  7. #b8cddd
  8. #cadae6
  9. #dce6ee
  10. #edf3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e82ab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e82ab
  2. #5382a7
  3. #5882a2
  4. #5d819e
  5. #62819a
  6. #678196
  7. #6c8191
  8. #71818d
  9. #768089
  10. #7b8084
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d7f92 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7082ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6479aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #118c90 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6482ac ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c7dab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #34889b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e82ab {
  color: #4e82ab;
}
Background
.bg-4e82ab {
  background-color: #4e82ab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e82ab {
  border: 2px solid #4e82ab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e82ab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 130 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 37% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e82ab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e82ab, #4e53ab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e82ab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 130 171 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 1.67 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.18 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.38 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.21 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.22 #b17d54 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4e82ab  rgb(78, 130, 171)  hsl(206, 37%, 49%)  Steel Blue
#ab774e  rgb(171, 119, 78)  hsl(26, 37%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#ab4e82  rgb(171, 78, 130)  hsl(326, 37%, 49%)  Mulberry
#82ab4e  rgb(130, 171, 78)  hsl(86, 37%, 49%)  Asparagus