Colour

#4E5E8A

#4E5E8A
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#4E5E8A is a blue with RGB values 78, 94, 138 and HSL 224°, 28%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#4E5E8A

RGBrgb(78, 94, 138)

RGB (0–1)0.3059, 0.3686, 0.5412

RGB percentages30.6%, 36.9%, 54.1%

HSLhsl(224, 27.8%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224, 43.5%, 54.1%)

CMYK43.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 45.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,136,010

CSS custom property--colour: #4E5E8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.38:1

Contrast with white6.38:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5E5E5E

Inverted#B1A175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4F628Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#495D89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#3A676Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.29:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 16.9 Slate grey · ΔE 21.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 27.1 Dim grey · ΔE 27.3 Gray · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 16.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8A7A4E

Analogous#4E7C8A, #5C4E8A

Triadic#8A4E5E, #5E8A4E

Split complementary#8A5C4E, #7C8A4E

Tetradic#8A4E7C, #8A7A4E, #4E8A5C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C5CCDE

Lighter +30%#A5AFCC

Lighter +20%#8493BA

Lighter +10%#6476A7

Darker −10%#3C4869

Darker −20%#293249

Darker −30%#171B28

Darker −40%#040508

More saturated +25%#3351A5

Less saturated −25%#696B6F

Channel breakdown

R78

G94

B138

Red78 (30.6%)

Green94 (36.9%)

Blue138 (54.1%)

Hue224°

Saturation (HSL)27.78%

Lightness42.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 4E · G 5E · B 8A

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