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#4774EA

#4774ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4774ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 45.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.66% cyan, 50.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.44°, with 79.51% saturation and 59.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.1977

Complementary

  1. #4774ea
  2. #eabd47

Split complementary

  1. #4774ea
  2. #ea6b47
  3. #c5ea47

Analogous

  1. #47c5ea
  2. #4774ea
  3. #6b47ea

Triadic

  1. #4774ea
  2. #ea4774
  3. #74ea47

Tetradic

  1. #4774ea
  2. #bd47ea
  3. #eabd47
  4. #74ea47

Square

  1. #4774ea
  2. #ea47c5
  3. #eabd47
  4. #47ea6b

Monochromatic

  1. #103188
  2. #174acd
  3. #4774ea
  4. #8ca8f2
  5. #d0dcfa

Shades

#4774ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4774ea
  2. #4068d3
  3. #395dbb
  4. #3251a4
  5. #2b468c
  6. #243a75
  7. #1c2e5e
  8. #152346
  9. #0e172f
  10. #070c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4774ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4774ea
  2. #5982ec
  3. #6c90ee
  4. #7e9ef0
  5. #91acf2
  6. #a3baf5
  7. #b5c7f7
  8. #c8d5f9
  9. #dae3fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4774ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4774ea
  2. #4d75df
  3. #5276d5
  4. #5878ca
  5. #5e79c0
  6. #647ab5
  7. #697baa
  8. #6f7ca0
  9. #757e95
  10. #7a7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a78b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2c83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #387ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2374e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4774ea {
  color: #4774ea;
}
Background
.bg-4774ea {
  background-color: #4774ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4774ea {
  border: 2px solid #4774ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4774ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 116 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4774ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4774ea, #6b47ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4774ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 116 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.31 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.01 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.88 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.62 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.98 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.63 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.48 #b88b15 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4774ea  rgb(71, 116, 234)  hsl(223, 80%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#eabd47  rgb(234, 189, 71)  hsl(43, 80%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#ea4774  rgb(234, 71, 116)  hsl(343, 80%, 60%)  Blush
#74ea47  rgb(116, 234, 71)  hsl(103, 80%, 60%)  Lawn Green