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#4880CA

#4880ca ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4880ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 50.2% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.36% cyan, 36.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 214.15°, with 55.08% saturation and 53.73% 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 1.87.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2108

Complementary

  1. #4880ca
  2. #ca9248

Split complementary

  1. #4880ca
  2. #ca5148
  3. #c1ca48

Analogous

  1. #48c1ca
  2. #4880ca
  3. #5148ca

Triadic

  1. #4880ca
  2. #ca4880
  3. #80ca48

Tetradic

  1. #4880ca
  2. #9248ca
  3. #ca9248
  4. #80ca48

Square

  1. #4880ca
  2. #ca48c1
  3. #ca9248
  4. #48ca51

Monochromatic

  1. #1b385e
  2. #2c5b99
  3. #4880ca
  4. #83a9db
  5. #bfd2ec

Shades

#4880ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4880ca
  2. #4173b6
  3. #3a66a2
  4. #325a8d
  5. #2b4d79
  6. #244065
  7. #1d3351
  8. #16263d
  9. #0e1a28
  10. #070d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4880ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4880ca
  2. #5a8dcf
  3. #6d99d5
  4. #7fa6da
  5. #91b3df
  6. #a4c0e5
  7. #b6ccea
  8. #c8d9ef
  9. #dae6f4
  10. #edf2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4880ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4880ca
  2. #4e80c3
  3. #5380bb
  4. #5980b4
  5. #5e80ac
  6. #6480a5
  7. #6a809e
  8. #6f8096
  9. #75808f
  10. #7a8087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d7fa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6085cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d79c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00919b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5783cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b7cc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #058ab0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4880ca {
  color: #4880ca;
}
Background
.bg-4880ca {
  background-color: #4880ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4880ca {
  border: 2px solid #4880ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4880ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 128 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4880ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4880ca, #5148ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4880ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 128 202 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 1.87 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.82 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.08 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.39 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.72 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.96 #b77f35 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4880ca  rgb(72, 128, 202)  hsl(214, 55%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#ca9248  rgb(202, 146, 72)  hsl(34, 55%, 54%)  Peru
#ca4880  rgb(202, 72, 128)  hsl(334, 55%, 54%)  Telemagenta
#80ca48  rgb(128, 202, 72)  hsl(94, 55%, 54%)  Yellow Green