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#536EE4

#536ee4 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#536ee4 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 43.14% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.6% cyan, 51.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 228.83°, with 72.86% saturation and 60.98% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.7.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.1859

Complementary

  1. #536ee4
  2. #e4c953

Split complementary

  1. #536ee4
  2. #e48153
  3. #b6e453

Analogous

  1. #53b6e4
  2. #536ee4
  3. #8153e4

Triadic

  1. #536ee4
  2. #e4536e
  3. #6ee453

Tetradic

  1. #536ee4
  2. #c953e4
  3. #e4c953
  4. #6ee453

Square

  1. #536ee4
  2. #e453b6
  3. #e4c953
  4. #53e481

Monochromatic

  1. #152b89
  2. #2040cb
  3. #536ee4
  4. #95a6ee
  5. #d7ddf9

Shades

#536ee4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #536ee4
  2. #4b63cd
  3. #4258b6
  4. #3a4da0
  5. #324289
  6. #2a3772
  7. #212c5b
  8. #192144
  9. #11162e
  10. #080b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#536ee4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #536ee4
  2. #647de7
  3. #758be9
  4. #879aec
  5. #98a8ef
  6. #a9b7f2
  7. #bac5f4
  8. #cbd4f7
  9. #dde2fa
  10. #eef1fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#536ee4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #536ee4
  2. #5870da
  3. #5c72d0
  4. #6173c6
  5. #6575bc
  6. #6a77b2
  7. #6e79a8
  8. #737b9e
  9. #777c94
  10. #7c7e8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b74ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #257ee8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008a9e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3c78e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2f70e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1880be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-536ee4 {
  color: #536ee4;
}
Background
.bg-536ee4 {
  background-color: #536ee4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-536ee4 {
  border: 2px solid #536ee4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #536ee4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 110 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 73% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-536ee4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #536ee4, #8153e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-536ee4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 110 228 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.70 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 3.23 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.25 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 7.50 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.19 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.77 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.90 #ac911b Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#536ee4  rgb(83, 110, 228)  hsl(229, 73%, 61%)  Royal Blue
#e4c953  rgb(228, 201, 83)  hsl(49, 73%, 61%)  Naples Yellow
#e4536e  rgb(228, 83, 110)  hsl(349, 73%, 61%)  Neon Fuchsia
#6ee453  rgb(110, 228, 83)  hsl(109, 73%, 61%)  Pastel Green