YInMn Blue #415A77

About this color

#415A77 is a medium-dark, muted blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 46%, its chroma 0.056 and its hue 253°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color YInMn Blue. White text reads best on it, at 7.10:1.

Colors that go with YInMn Blue

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

Color palettes with YInMn Blue

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

• Cairn Pass
• Tarn Climb
• Tarn Sky
• Granite Range
• Gelato and Sherbet
• Flurry Peak
• Nocturnal Tide
• Lunar Terminal

Similar named colors

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

• Dusty Grape #545775 ΔE 0.027
• Dusk #4E5481 ΔE 0.032
• Light Navy Blue #2E5A88 ΔE 0.034
• Denim #3B638C ΔE 0.038
• Denim Blue #3B5B92 ΔE 0.044
• Slate #516572 ΔE 0.045
• Dusky Blue #475F94 ΔE 0.048
• Twilight #4E518B ΔE 0.050

More about YInMn Blue

• Shades of blue
• What blue means

How to make YInMn 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 pink
• 1 part black

Recipe result: #3C5D78, a difference of ΔE 0.009 from YInMn Blue. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make blue? | Color mixing chart

Codes for YInMn 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 YInMn 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 700.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F4F6F8

   oklch(97.2% 0.003 247.9)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E6EAEF

   oklch(93.5% 0.008 253.9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #D2DAE3

   oklch(88.5% 0.015 251.2)

4. Step 300

   300

   #B5C2D2

   oklch(80.9% 0.027 253.6)

5. Step 400

   400

   #8EA3BC

   oklch(70.8% 0.044 252.9)

6. Step 500

   500

   #728CAB

   oklch(63.1% 0.056 253.1)

7. Step 600

   600

   #5A7696

   oklch(55.7% 0.06 252.2)

8. Step 700

   700 (this color)

   #415A77

   oklch(46% 0.056 252.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #3C5168

   oklch(42.7% 0.046 251.2)

10. Step 900

    900

    #344355

    oklch(37.7% 0.037 253.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #1E2732

    oklch(26.9% 0.024 253.7)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

YInMn 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.