#4A5D7E · Dusk

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#4A5D7E is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Dusk and near Dusk and Storm. In OKLCH it has 48% lightness and 0.06 chroma at hue 261°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #4A5D7E a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#4A5D7E
RGBrgb(74, 93, 126)
HSLhsl(218, 26%, 39%)
CMYK41, 26, 0, 51
CSS var--dusk
Contrast6.65:1 white · 3.16:1 black

Similar named colors

Dusk #4E5481Storm #4F666ALapis #26619CSlate Gray #5D6D7EPeacock #005F6A

How to use #4A5D7E

White text passes WCAG AA on #4A5D7E (6.65:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #4A5D7E with its analogous neighbors #4A767D and #504A7D; for contrast use its complement #7D6A4A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--dusk: #4A5D7E;

Shades & tints

#0F1319#1E2532#2C384C#3B4A65#4A5D7E#6E7D98#929EB2#B7BECB#DBDFE5

Color harmonies for #4A5D7E

Complementary

#4A5D7E#7D6A4A

Analogous

#4A5D7E#4A767D#504A7D

Triadic

#4A5D7E#7D4A5D#5D7D4A

Split complementary

#4A5D7E#7D504A#767D4A

Tetradic

#4A5D7E#7D4A76#7D6A4A#4A7D50

Palettes with #4A5D7E