#4E5885
Steel Blue · dark cool blue
About #4E5885
#4E5885 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 35% green and 52% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Steel Blue and Prussian Blue (ΔE 19.7); Prussian Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #857B4E — a moss tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E5885 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.87:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.87:1).
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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 #4E5885?
#4E5885 is a moderately saturated, dark shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 35% green and 52% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 41% cyan, 34% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5885?
Use white text. White on #4E5885 has a contrast ratio of 6.87:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E5885?
Its complementary colour is #857B4E, and analogous partners are #4E7485 and #604E85.