Starstruck #4664A5

Starstruck (#4664A5) is a mid-tone, soft blue with an OKLCH hue of 264°, lightness 0.51 and chroma 0.109. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#4664A5
RGBrgb(70, 100, 165)
HSLhsl(221, 40%, 46%)
HSVhsv(221, 58%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(58%, 39%, 0%, 35%)
CIE Lablab(43 9.1 -38.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.511 0.109 264)

How Starstruck behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Starstruck shifts subtly: leans toward purple, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Starstruck in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 5.79:1 and against black 3.63:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Starstruck

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#a0bbf1 · #7794cf · #4664a5 · #2f4a85 · #13295c · #010835

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#4f93b5 · #467cae · #4664a5 · #4c4e8c · #4b3971 · #442755

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d1b6dc · #bd8cd0 · #917a9a · #4664a5 · #31497d · #192e5c

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#e5be6d · #7d879b · #4664a5 · #374769 · #1e2b47 · #091123

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f7f1e7 · #7a818e · #4664a5 · #504d46 · #191f2c · #020100

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f7f1e6 · #d1cbbe · #a8a193 · #372e1c · #150c00 · #4664a5

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#cbe2c2 · #bfc279 · #867398 · #4664a5 · #445941 · #05131a

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#fcf1da · #a9724d · #4664a5 · #4d5300 · #351500 · #010100

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ffedeb · #af6b67 · #4664a5 · #1f5c22 · #002802 · #080000

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffecf3 · #aa6a84 · #4664a5 · #644800 · #00261e · #0e0600

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#5F7BB6 · #7A93C7 · #95ABD8 · #B1C4E9 · #CDDCFA

Shades

#38528D · #2A4175 · #1C305E · #102148 · #051233

Muted

#4D6598 · #54668B · #5B677E

Using Starstruck

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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