Metallic Blue #4F738E

About this color

#4F738E is a medium-dark, muted blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 54%, its chroma 0.059 and its hue 242°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Metallic Blue. White text reads best on it, at 5.02:1.

Colors that go with Metallic Blue

Matches found by rotating Metallic Blue around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Metallic Blue

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Metallic Blue, closest first.

• Dove and Periwinkle
• Granite Range
• Nocturnal Study
• Shell Afternoon
• Rainfall Morning
• Drizzle Light
• Snowdrift Hush
• Flurry and Hoar

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Metallic Blue, with their ΔE distance.

• Dull Blue #49759C ΔE 0.022
• Stormy Blue #507B9C ΔE 0.028
• Cerulean #457B9D ΔE 0.028
• Muted Blue #3B719F ΔE 0.035
• Grey Blue #647D8E ΔE 0.042
• Flat Blue #3C73A8 ΔE 0.044
• Battleship Gray #6C757D ΔE 0.046
• Sea Blue #047495 ΔE 0.048

More about Metallic Blue

• Shades of blue
• What blue means

How to make Metallic Blue

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts blue
• 3 parts white
• 1 part black

Recipe result: #4B7690, a difference of ΔE 0.008 from Metallic Blue. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make blue? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Metallic Blue in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Metallic Blue

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F3F6F8

   oklch(97.1% 0.004 236.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E6EBEF

   oklch(93.7% 0.008 241.7)

3. Step 200

   200

   #D1DBE2

   oklch(88.6% 0.015 238)

4. Step 300

   300

   #B2C3D1

   oklch(80.9% 0.027 242.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #8AA4B9

   oklch(70.6% 0.042 242.7)

6. Step 500

   500

   #6C8EA8

   oklch(63.1% 0.055 241.6)

7. Step 600

   600 (this color)

   #4F738E

   oklch(53.9% 0.059 241.6)

8. Step 700

   700

   #44657D

   oklch(49.1% 0.054 240.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #385266

   oklch(42.6% 0.046 242.2)

10. Step 900

    900

    #314453

    oklch(37.7% 0.035 242.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #1D2831

    oklch(27.1% 0.023 243.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Metallic Blue with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.