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#477EE8

#477ee8 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#477ee8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 49.41% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.4% cyan, 45.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 219.5°, with 77.78% saturation and 59.41% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.2209

Complementary

  1. #477ee8
  2. #e8b147

Split complementary

  1. #477ee8
  2. #e86047
  3. #cfe847

Analogous

  1. #47cfe8
  2. #477ee8
  3. #6047e8

Triadic

  1. #477ee8
  2. #e8477e
  3. #7ee847

Tetradic

  1. #477ee8
  2. #b147e8
  3. #e8b147
  4. #7ee847

Square

  1. #477ee8
  2. #e847cf
  3. #e8b147
  4. #47e860

Monochromatic

  1. #113985
  2. #1955c9
  3. #477ee8
  4. #8baef1
  5. #cfddf9

Shades

#477ee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #477ee8
  2. #4071d1
  3. #3965ba
  4. #3258a2
  5. #2b4c8b
  6. #243f74
  7. #1c325d
  8. #152646
  9. #0e192e
  10. #070d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#477ee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #477ee8
  2. #598bea
  3. #6c98ed
  4. #7ea5ef
  5. #91b2f1
  6. #a3bff4
  7. #b5cbf6
  8. #c8d8f8
  9. #dae5fa
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#477ee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #477ee8
  2. #4d7ede
  3. #527ed3
  4. #587fc9
  5. #5e7fbe
  6. #647fb4
  7. #697faa
  8. #6f7f9f
  9. #758095
  10. #7a808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f80b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4789ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #257ae6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4785ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #367ce7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ec5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-477ee8 {
  color: #477ee8;
}
Background
.bg-477ee8 {
  background-color: #477ee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-477ee8 {
  border: 2px solid #477ee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #477ee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 126 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 78% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-477ee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #477ee8, #6047e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-477ee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 126 232 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.01 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.10 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.60 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.51 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.72 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.38 #b88117 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#477ee8  rgb(71, 126, 232)  hsl(220, 78%, 59%)  Tufts Blue
#e8b147  rgb(232, 177, 71)  hsl(40, 78%, 59%)  Meat Brown
#e8477e  rgb(232, 71, 126)  hsl(340, 78%, 59%)  French Rose
#7ee847  rgb(126, 232, 71)  hsl(100, 78%, 59%)  Lawn Green