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#4875DB

#4875db ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4875db is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 45.88% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.12% cyan, 46.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 221.63°, with 67.12% saturation and 57.06% 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 4.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.19.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1921

Complementary

  1. #4875db
  2. #dbae48

Split complementary

  1. #4875db
  2. #db6448
  3. #bfdb48

Analogous

  1. #48bfdb
  2. #4875db
  3. #6448db

Triadic

  1. #4875db
  2. #db4875
  3. #75db48

Tetradic

  1. #4875db
  2. #ae48db
  3. #dbae48
  4. #75db48

Square

  1. #4875db
  2. #db48bf
  3. #dbae48
  4. #48db64

Monochromatic

  1. #173373
  2. #234fb3
  3. #4875db
  4. #88a5e8
  5. #c8d5f4

Shades

#4875db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4875db
  2. #4169c5
  3. #3a5eaf
  4. #325299
  5. #2b4683
  6. #243b6e
  7. #1d2f58
  8. #162342
  9. #0e172c
  10. #070c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4875db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4875db
  2. #5a83df
  3. #6d91e2
  4. #7f9ee6
  5. #91ace9
  6. #a4baed
  7. #b6c8f1
  8. #c8d6f4
  9. #dae3f8
  10. #edf1fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4875db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4875db
  2. #4e76d2
  3. #5377c9
  4. #5978c0
  5. #5e79b7
  6. #647bae
  7. #6a7ca4
  8. #6f7d9b
  9. #757e92
  10. #7a7f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6978a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4080df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2173d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008d9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #447cdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3574da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4875db {
  color: #4875db;
}
Background
.bg-4875db {
  background-color: #4875db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4875db {
  border: 2px solid #4875db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4875db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 117 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 67% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4875db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4875db, #6448db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4875db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 117 219 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.19 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.24 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.26 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.94 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.99 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.35 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.49 #b78a24 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4875db  rgb(72, 117, 219)  hsl(222, 67%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#dbae48  rgb(219, 174, 72)  hsl(42, 67%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#db4875  rgb(219, 72, 117)  hsl(342, 67%, 57%)  Razzmatazz
#75db48  rgb(117, 219, 72)  hsl(102, 67%, 57%)  Lime Green