#4635EB

sRGB: 70 / 53 / 235

#4635EB belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 70 red, 53 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 245.6° lands in the blue region. Its 82.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 56.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 70, 53, 235
HSL: 245.60°, 81.98%, 56.47%
HSV / HSB: 245.60°, 77.45%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 70.21%, 77.45%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 18.793, 9.846, 79.510
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 37.565, 60.406, -87.736
WCAG relative luminance: 0.09846
24-bit decimal: 4601323

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #4635EB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 2.97:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text: 7.07:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DAEB35 sits half a turn (180°) from #4635EB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#4635EB #DAEB35

Analogous

#357FEB and #A135EB sit 30° to either side of #4635EB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#357FEB #4635EB #A135EB

Triadic

#4635EB, #EB4635 and #35EB46 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#4635EB #EB4635 #35EB46

Split complementary

Start at #4635EB and look across the wheel. #EBA135 and #7FEB35 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#4635EB #EBA135 #7FEB35

Square

Starting with #4635EB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EB357F, #DAEB35, then #35EBA1. Across the square, #4635EB pairs with #DAEB35, and #EB357F with #35EBA1.

#4635EB #EB357F #DAEB35 #35EBA1

Tetradic

#4635EB and #DAEB35 are opposites, as are #EB35DA and #35EB46. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#4635EB #EB35DA #DAEB35 #35EB46

Tints

Mixing #4635EB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6B5DEF, keeps 80% of the original. By #DAD7FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#4635EB #6B5DEF #9086F3 #B5AEF7 #DAD7FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #4635EB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #382ABC, keeps 80% of the original. By #0E0B2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#4635EB #382ABC #2A208D #1C155E #0E0B2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #4635EB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5244D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #747195, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#4635EB #5244D6 #5D53C0 #6962AB #747195 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#4635EB

RGB

rgb(70 53 235)

HSL

hsl(245.604 81.982% 56.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #4635EB;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#4635EB uses 70 red, 53 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 27.5%

Green 20.8%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #4635EB is 70.2% cyan, 77.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 70.2%

Magenta 77.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #4433EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #43E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #4635EB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3333FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #4433EE Nearest web-safe: #3333FF

Gradient to complement

#4635EB #5F53CD #7772AE #909090 #A9AE72 #C1CD53 #DAEB35

Color vision previews

Compare how #4635EB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#0060F0

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0050E8

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#006C90

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0053ED

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#004AE9

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#2D4DD0

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#585858

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#5049B5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.06125 G 0.03560 B 0.83077

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.26407 G 0.21044 B 0.88603

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.05669 G 0.03645 B 0.76006

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.174 y 0.091 Y 9.846

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 72.549 M % 79.216 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01000110 00110101 11101011