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#4F4E69

#4f4e69 ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4f4e69 is a color from the blue family, with low lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 30.59% green and 41.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.76% cyan, 25.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.82% black. Its hue angle is 242.22°, with 14.75% saturation and 35.88% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 12.54.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.0813

Complementary

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #68694e

Split complementary

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #695c4e
  3. #5a694e

Analogous

  1. #4e5a69
  2. #4f4e69
  3. #5c4e69

Triadic

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #694f4e
  3. #4e694f

Tetradic

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #694e68
  3. #68694e
  4. #4e694f

Square

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #694e5a
  3. #68694e
  4. #4e695c

Monochromatic

  1. #0d0d11
  2. #2e2d3d
  3. #4f4e69
  4. #716f94
  5. #9c9bb5

Shades

#4f4e69 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #47465f
  3. #3f3e54
  4. #37374a
  5. #2f2f3f
  6. #282735
  7. #201f2a
  8. #181720
  9. #101015
  10. #08080b
  11. #000000

Tints

#4f4e69 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #616078
  3. #727187
  4. #848396
  5. #9595a5
  6. #a7a7b4
  7. #b9b8c3
  8. #cacad2
  9. #dcdce1
  10. #ededf0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4f4e69 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4f4e69
  2. #54536b
  3. #59586e
  4. #5e5d70
  5. #636272
  6. #686775
  7. #6c6c77
  8. #717179
  9. #76767b
  10. #7b7b7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #515151 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #50505b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #47516a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #465068 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #495357 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a506a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a4f69 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4c515f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4f4e69 {
  color: #4f4e69;
}
Background
.bg-4f4e69 {
  background-color: #4f4e69;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-4f4e69 {
  border: 2px solid #4f4e69;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4f4e69;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 78 105;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 15% 36%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4f4e69 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4f4e69, #5c4e69);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4f4e69 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 78 105 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 12.54 #614051 Eggplant ΔE 12.93 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 13.01 #555555 Davy's Gray ΔE 13.21 #36454f Charcoal ΔE 13.62 #645452 Wenge ΔE 14.28 #414a4c Outer Space ΔE 14.84 #b0b196 Inverted #515151 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#4f4e69  rgb(79, 78, 105)  hsl(242, 15%, 36%)  Dark Slate Blue
#68694e  rgb(104, 105, 78)  hsl(62, 15%, 36%)  Dark Olive Green
#694f4e  rgb(105, 79, 78)  hsl(2, 15%, 36%)  Liver
#4e694f  rgb(78, 105, 79)  hsl(122, 15%, 36%)  Hunter Green