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Stately Diǎnlán

#4270fd
Notes

Stately Diǎnlán (#4270FD) is a true blue with a neon character. It sits at the high-saturation edge of its family. Use it sparingly, as signage, accent, or highlight against darker surfaces. Its HSL profile (225°, 98%, 63%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary amber. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#4270fd
RGB
rgb(66, 112, 253)
HSL
hsl(225, 98%, 63%)
HWB
hwb(225 26% 1%)
OKLCH
oklch(59.5% 0.216 266.2)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3007 0.4346 0.9580)
HSV
hsv(225, 74%, 99%)
LAB
lab(51.65% 31.99 -74.73)
LCH
lch(51.65% 81.29 293.18)
CMYK
cmyk(74%, 56%, 0%, 1%)

Etymology

Stately
adjective

An adjectival form of state, condition of dignity. Used as a color modifier since the seventeenth century for the deep saturated jewel tones of formal ceremony — the deep blue of a robes-of-state, the deep red of a state-banquet velvet. Sits in the bold-and-formal corner alongside imperial and royal, with slightly less institutional weight.

Diǎnlán
noun

Chinese diǎnlán (深蓝) — deep blue, used for the saturated blue of Ming-dynasty cobalt-on-porcelain underglaze and the deep-blue silks of Han-period imperial robes. The color refers to a Ming-dynasty diǎnlán cobalt-on-porcelain plate: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the high gloss of fired porcelain glaze.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

Variations

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#4270fd
Original
#0084ff
Protanopia
#0073fa
Deuteranopia
#0093ac
Tritanopia
#707070
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon White
4.23:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
4.97:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##4270FD
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3007 0.4346 0.9580)
P3 has visible headroomOKLCH chroma 0.216

This color is chromatic enough that authoring it as P3 native (instead of clamping to sRGB) gives a perceptibly more saturated render on wide-gamut displays — modern Macs, iPhones, iPads, and most recent OLED laptops.

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