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#4E85BB

#4e85bb ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e85bb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 52.16% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.29% cyan, 28.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 209.72°, with 44.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 1.98.

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Relative luminance0.2198

Complementary

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #bb844e

Split complementary

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #bb4e4f
  3. #bbba4e

Analogous

  1. #4ebbba
  2. #4e85bb
  3. #4e4fbb

Triadic

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #bb4e85
  3. #85bb4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #844ebb
  3. #bb844e
  4. #85bb4e

Square

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #ba4ebb
  3. #bb844e
  4. #4fbb4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3851
  2. #345f88
  3. #4e85bb
  4. #85abd0
  5. #bdd1e5

Shades

#4e85bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #4678a8
  3. #3e6a96
  4. #375d83
  5. #2f5070
  6. #27435e
  7. #1f354b
  8. #172838
  9. #101b25
  10. #080d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e85bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #6091c2
  3. #719dc9
  4. #83aacf
  5. #95b6d6
  6. #a7c2dd
  7. #b8cee4
  8. #cadaeb
  9. #dce7f1
  10. #edf3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e85bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e85bb
  2. #5385b5
  3. #5884af
  4. #5d84a9
  5. #6283a3
  6. #67839e
  7. #6c8298
  8. #718292
  9. #76818c
  10. #7b8186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #70839c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e87bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #607cba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009298 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6386bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5980ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2b8da7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e85bb {
  color: #4e85bb;
}
Background
.bg-4e85bb {
  background-color: #4e85bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e85bb {
  border: 2px solid #4e85bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e85bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 133 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e85bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e85bb, #4e4fbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e85bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 133 187 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 1.98 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.09 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.25 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.88 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.08 #b17a44 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4e85bb  rgb(78, 133, 187)  hsl(210, 44%, 52%)  Steel Blue
#bb844e  rgb(187, 132, 78)  hsl(30, 44%, 52%)  Peru
#bb4e85  rgb(187, 78, 133)  hsl(330, 44%, 52%)  Mulberry
#85bb4e  rgb(133, 187, 78)  hsl(90, 44%, 52%)  Pistachio