#4E5985
Steel Blue · dark cool blue
About #4E5985
With the hex code #4E5985, this is a dark blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 35% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Steel Blue and Prussian Blue — a ΔE of 19.2 — followed by Prussian Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #857A4E, a mocha shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.79:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.79:1).
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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 #4E5985?
With the hex code #4E5985, this is a dark blue with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 35% green and 52% blue, while a printer would mix 41% cyan, 33% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E5985?
Use white text. White on #4E5985 has a contrast ratio of 6.79:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E5985?
Its complementary colour is #857A4E, and analogous partners are #4E7585 and #5F4E85.