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#4282CB

#4282cb ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4282cb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 50.98% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.49% cyan, 35.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 211.97°, with 56.85% saturation and 52.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.05.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2144

Complementary

  1. #4282cb
  2. #cb8b42

Split complementary

  1. #4282cb
  2. #cb4742
  3. #c7cb42

Analogous

  1. #42c7cb
  2. #4282cb
  3. #4742cb

Triadic

  1. #4282cb
  2. #cb4282
  3. #82cb42

Tetradic

  1. #4282cb
  2. #8b42cb
  3. #cb8b42
  4. #82cb42

Square

  1. #4282cb
  2. #cb42c7
  3. #cb8b42
  4. #42cb47

Monochromatic

  1. #19385b
  2. #2a5d97
  3. #4282cb
  4. #7eaadc
  5. #bad1ec

Shades

#4282cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4282cb
  2. #3b75b7
  3. #3568a2
  4. #2e5b8e
  5. #284e7a
  6. #214166
  7. #1a3451
  8. #14273d
  9. #0d1a29
  10. #070d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4282cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4282cb
  2. #558fd0
  3. #689bd5
  4. #7ba8db
  5. #8eb4e0
  6. #a1c1e5
  7. #b3cdea
  8. #c6daef
  9. #d9e6f5
  10. #ecf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4282cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4282cb
  2. #4882c4
  3. #4e82bc
  4. #5581b5
  5. #5b81ad
  6. #6181a6
  7. #67819e
  8. #6d8197
  9. #74808f
  10. #7a8088
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c81a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6287ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e7aca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00939d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5785cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #497dca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008cb1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4282cb {
  color: #4282cb;
}
Background
.bg-4282cb {
  background-color: #4282cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4282cb {
  border: 2px solid #4282cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4282cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 130 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 57% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4282cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4282cb, #4742cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4282cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 130 203 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.05 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.36 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.93 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.75 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.56 #bd7d34 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4282cb  rgb(66, 130, 203)  hsl(212, 57%, 53%)  Tufts Blue
#cb8b42  rgb(203, 139, 66)  hsl(32, 57%, 53%)  Peru
#cb4282  rgb(203, 66, 130)  hsl(332, 57%, 53%)  Mulberry
#82cb42  rgb(130, 203, 66)  hsl(92, 57%, 53%)  Yellow Green