#4E498C
Royal Purple · dark cool blue
About #4E498C
With the hex code #4E498C, this is a dark blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 29% green and 55% blue, while a printer would mix 44% cyan, 48% magenta, 0% yellow and 45% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Royal Purple and Denim — a ΔE of 17.2 — followed by Denim. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #878C49, a moss shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.91:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.91:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4E498C?
With the hex code #4E498C, this is a dark blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 29% green and 55% blue, while a printer would mix 44% cyan, 48% magenta, 0% yellow and 45% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E498C?
Use white text. White on #4E498C has a contrast ratio of 7.91:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E498C?
Its complementary colour is #878C49, and analogous partners are #49668C and #70498C.