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#4775EA

#4775ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4775ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 45.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.66% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.07°, 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 5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.36.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.2

Complementary

  1. #4775ea
  2. #eabc47

Split complementary

  1. #4775ea
  2. #ea6a47
  3. #c6ea47

Analogous

  1. #47c6ea
  2. #4775ea
  3. #6a47ea

Triadic

  1. #4775ea
  2. #ea4775
  3. #75ea47

Tetradic

  1. #4775ea
  2. #bc47ea
  3. #eabc47
  4. #75ea47

Square

  1. #4775ea
  2. #ea47c6
  3. #eabc47
  4. #47ea6a

Monochromatic

  1. #103288
  2. #174bcd
  3. #4775ea
  4. #8ca8f2
  5. #d0dcfa

Shades

#4775ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4775ea
  2. #4069d3
  3. #395ebb
  4. #3252a4
  5. #2b468c
  6. #243b75
  7. #1c2f5e
  8. #152346
  9. #0e172f
  10. #070c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4775ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4775ea
  2. #5983ec
  3. #6c91ee
  4. #7e9ef0
  5. #91acf2
  6. #a3baf5
  7. #b5c8f7
  8. #c8d6f9
  9. #dae3fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4775ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4775ea
  2. #4d76df
  3. #5277d5
  4. #5878ca
  5. #5e79c0
  6. #647bb5
  7. #697caa
  8. #6f7da0
  9. #757e95
  10. #7a7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a79b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2f83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3a7eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2575e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4775ea {
  color: #4775ea;
}
Background
.bg-4775ea {
  background-color: #4775ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4775ea {
  border: 2px solid #4775ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4775ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 117 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4775ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4775ea, #6a47ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4775ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 117 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.36 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.34 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.22 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.41 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.78 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.54 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.27 #b88a15 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4775ea  rgb(71, 117, 234)  hsl(223, 80%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#eabc47  rgb(234, 188, 71)  hsl(43, 80%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#ea4775  rgb(234, 71, 117)  hsl(343, 80%, 60%)  Blush
#75ea47  rgb(117, 234, 71)  hsl(103, 80%, 60%)  Lawn Green