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#4875EA

#4875ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4875ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.23% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.33°, with 79.41% saturation and 60% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.45.

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Relative luminance0.2004

Complementary

  1. #4875ea
  2. #eabd48

Split complementary

  1. #4875ea
  2. #ea6c48
  3. #c6ea48

Analogous

  1. #48c6ea
  2. #4875ea
  3. #6c48ea

Triadic

  1. #4875ea
  2. #ea4875
  3. #75ea48

Tetradic

  1. #4875ea
  2. #bd48ea
  3. #eabd48
  4. #75ea48

Square

  1. #4875ea
  2. #ea48c6
  3. #eabd48
  4. #48ea6c

Monochromatic

  1. #103289
  2. #184ace
  3. #4875ea
  4. #8da9f2
  5. #d1ddfa

Shades

#4875ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4875ea
  2. #4169d3
  3. #3a5ebb
  4. #3252a4
  5. #2b468c
  6. #243b75
  7. #1d2f5e
  8. #162346
  9. #0e172f
  10. #070c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4875ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4875ea
  2. #5a83ec
  3. #6d91ee
  4. #7f9ef0
  5. #91acf2
  6. #a4baf5
  7. #b6c8f7
  8. #c8d6f9
  9. #dae3fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4875ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4875ea
  2. #4e76df
  3. #5377d5
  4. #5978ca
  5. #5e79c0
  6. #647bb5
  7. #6a7caa
  8. #6f7da0
  9. #757e95
  10. #7a7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b79b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2f84ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3b7eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2675e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4875ea {
  color: #4875ea;
}
Background
.bg-4875ea {
  background-color: #4875ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4875ea {
  border: 2px solid #4875ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4875ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 117 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4875ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4875ea, #6c48ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4875ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 117 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.45 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.34 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.19 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.50 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.78 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.34 #b78a15 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4875ea  rgb(72, 117, 234)  hsl(223, 79%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#eabd48  rgb(234, 189, 72)  hsl(43, 79%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#ea4875  rgb(234, 72, 117)  hsl(343, 79%, 60%)  Blush
#75ea48  rgb(117, 234, 72)  hsl(103, 79%, 60%)  Lawn Green