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#4873EB

#4873eb ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4873eb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 45.1% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.36% cyan, 51.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 224.17°, with 80.3% saturation and 60.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.37.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.1964

Complementary

  1. #4873eb
  2. #ebc048

Split complementary

  1. #4873eb
  2. #eb6f48
  3. #c5eb48

Analogous

  1. #48c5eb
  2. #4873eb
  3. #6f48eb

Triadic

  1. #4873eb
  2. #eb4873
  3. #73eb48

Tetradic

  1. #4873eb
  2. #c048eb
  3. #ebc048
  4. #73eb48

Square

  1. #4873eb
  2. #eb48c5
  3. #ebc048
  4. #48eb6f

Monochromatic

  1. #0f308b
  2. #1748d0
  3. #4873eb
  4. #8da8f3
  5. #d2ddfa

Shades

#4873eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4873eb
  2. #4168d4
  3. #3a5cbc
  4. #3251a5
  5. #2b458d
  6. #243a76
  7. #1d2e5e
  8. #162347
  9. #0e172f
  10. #070c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#4873eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4873eb
  2. #5a81ed
  3. #6d8fef
  4. #7f9df1
  5. #91abf3
  6. #a4b9f5
  7. #b6c7f7
  8. #c8d5f9
  9. #dae3fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4873eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4873eb
  2. #4e74e0
  3. #5376d6
  4. #5977cb
  5. #5e78c0
  6. #647ab6
  7. #6a7bab
  8. #6f7ca0
  9. #757d95
  10. #7a7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a78b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2782ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #377dee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2173ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0085c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4873eb {
  color: #4873eb;
}
Background
.bg-4873eb {
  background-color: #4873eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4873eb {
  border: 2px solid #4873eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4873eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 115 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4873eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4873eb, #6f48eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4873eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 115 235 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.37 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.73 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.47 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.00 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.24 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.80 #b78c14 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4873eb  rgb(72, 115, 235)  hsl(224, 80%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#ebc048  rgb(235, 192, 72)  hsl(44, 80%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#eb4873  rgb(235, 72, 115)  hsl(344, 80%, 60%)  Blush
#73eb48  rgb(115, 235, 72)  hsl(104, 80%, 60%)  Lawn Green