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#4F72CA

#4f72ca ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4f72ca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 44.71% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.89% cyan, 43.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 222.93°, with 53.71% saturation and 55.1% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 4.04.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1796

Complementary

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #caa74f

Split complementary

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #ca6a4f
  3. #afca4f

Analogous

  1. #4fafca
  2. #4f72ca
  3. #6a4fca

Triadic

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #ca4f72
  3. #72ca4f

Tetradic

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #a74fca
  3. #caa74f
  4. #72ca4f

Square

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #ca4faf
  3. #caa74f
  4. #4fca6a

Monochromatic

  1. #1e3162
  2. #2f4f9d
  3. #4f72ca
  4. #8aa1dc
  5. #c5d0ed

Shades

#4f72ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #4767b6
  3. #3f5ba2
  4. #37508d
  5. #2f4479
  6. #283965
  7. #202e51
  8. #18223d
  9. #101728
  10. #080b14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4f72ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #6180cf
  3. #728ed5
  4. #849cda
  5. #95aadf
  6. #a7b9e5
  7. #b9c7ea
  8. #cad5ef
  9. #dce3f4
  10. #edf1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4f72ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4f72ca
  2. #5473c3
  3. #5975bb
  4. #5e76b4
  5. #6378ac
  6. #6879a5
  7. #6c7a9e
  8. #717c96
  9. #767d8f
  10. #7b7f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #68749e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4a7ccd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3870c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008694 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4c78cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4271c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #267eac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4f72ca {
  color: #4f72ca;
}
Background
.bg-4f72ca {
  background-color: #4f72ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4f72ca {
  border: 2px solid #4f72ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4f72ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 114 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4f72ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4f72ca, #6a4fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4f72ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 114 202 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.04 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.95 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.99 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.08 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.37 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.82 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.40 #b08d35 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#4f72ca  rgb(79, 114, 202)  hsl(223, 54%, 55%)  Royal Blue
#caa74f  rgb(202, 167, 79)  hsl(43, 54%, 55%)  Metallic Gold
#ca4f72  rgb(202, 79, 114)  hsl(343, 54%, 55%)  Cerise
#72ca4f  rgb(114, 202, 79)  hsl(103, 54%, 55%)  Mantis