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#487DE8

#487de8 ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#487de8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 49.02% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.97% cyan, 46.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 220.13°, with 77.67% saturation and 59.61% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.87.

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Relative luminance0.2187

Complementary

  1. #487de8
  2. #e8b348

Split complementary

  1. #487de8
  2. #e86348
  3. #cde848

Analogous

  1. #48cde8
  2. #487de8
  3. #6348e8

Triadic

  1. #487de8
  2. #e8487d
  3. #7de848

Tetradic

  1. #487de8
  2. #b348e8
  3. #e8b348
  4. #7de848

Square

  1. #487de8
  2. #e848cd
  3. #e8b348
  4. #48e863

Monochromatic

  1. #113886
  2. #1954ca
  3. #487de8
  4. #8cadf1
  5. #d0def9

Shades

#487de8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #487de8
  2. #4171d1
  3. #3a64ba
  4. #3258a2
  5. #2b4b8b
  6. #243f74
  7. #1d325d
  8. #162646
  9. #0e192e
  10. #070d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#487de8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #487de8
  2. #5a8aea
  3. #6d97ed
  4. #7fa4ef
  5. #91b1f1
  6. #a4bef4
  7. #b6cbf6
  8. #c8d8f8
  9. #dae5fa
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#487de8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #487de8
  2. #4e7dde
  3. #537ed3
  4. #597ec9
  5. #5e7ebe
  6. #647fb4
  7. #6a7faa
  8. #6f7f9f
  9. #757f95
  10. #7a808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7fb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4689ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #227ae6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4784ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #357be7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-487de8 {
  color: #487de8;
}
Background
.bg-487de8 {
  background-color: #487de8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-487de8 {
  border: 2px solid #487de8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #487de8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 125 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 78% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-487de8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #487de8, #6348e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-487de8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 125 232 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.87 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.16 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.62 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.75 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.93 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.09 #b78217 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#487de8  rgb(72, 125, 232)  hsl(220, 78%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#e8b348  rgb(232, 179, 72)  hsl(40, 78%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#e8487d  rgb(232, 72, 125)  hsl(340, 78%, 60%)  French Rose
#7de848  rgb(125, 232, 72)  hsl(100, 78%, 60%)  Lawn Green