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#4E86B6

#4e86b6 ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e86b6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 52.55% green and 71.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.14% cyan, 26.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 207.69°, with 41.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 1.63.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2205

Complementary

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #b67e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #b64e52
  3. #b6b24e

Analogous

  1. #4eb6b2
  2. #4e86b6
  3. #4e52b6

Triadic

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #b64e86
  3. #86b64e

Tetradic

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #7e4eb6
  3. #b67e4e
  4. #86b64e

Square

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #b24eb6
  3. #b67e4e
  4. #52b64e

Monochromatic

  1. #1f374c
  2. #365f82
  3. #4e86b6
  4. #84abcc
  5. #bad0e3

Shades

#4e86b6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #4679a4
  3. #3e6b92
  4. #375e7f
  5. #2f506d
  6. #27435b
  7. #1f3649
  8. #172837
  9. #101b24
  10. #080d12
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e86b6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #6092bd
  3. #719ec5
  4. #83aacc
  5. #95b6d3
  6. #a7c3db
  7. #b8cfe2
  8. #cadbe9
  9. #dce7f0
  10. #edf3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e86b6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e86b6
  2. #5385b1
  3. #5885ab
  4. #5d84a6
  5. #6284a0
  6. #67839b
  7. #6c8296
  8. #718290
  9. #76818b
  10. #7b8185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708399 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7287b8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #647db5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009197 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6587b7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c80b5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2d8da4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e86b6 {
  color: #4e86b6;
}
Background
.bg-4e86b6 {
  background-color: #4e86b6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e86b6 {
  border: 2px solid #4e86b6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e86b6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 134 182;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 42% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e86b6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e86b6, #4e52b6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e86b6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 134 182 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 1.63 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.49 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.34 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.46 #b17949 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4e86b6  rgb(78, 134, 182)  hsl(208, 42%, 51%)  Steel Blue
#b67e4e  rgb(182, 126, 78)  hsl(28, 42%, 51%)  Copper
#b64e86  rgb(182, 78, 134)  hsl(328, 42%, 51%)  Mulberry
#86b64e  rgb(134, 182, 78)  hsl(88, 42%, 51%)  Pistachio