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#4886CA

#4886ca ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4886ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 52.55% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.36% cyan, 33.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 211.38°, 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 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2269

Complementary

  1. #4886ca
  2. #ca8c48

Split complementary

  1. #4886ca
  2. #ca4b48
  3. #c7ca48

Analogous

  1. #48c7ca
  2. #4886ca
  3. #4b48ca

Triadic

  1. #4886ca
  2. #ca4886
  3. #86ca48

Tetradic

  1. #4886ca
  2. #8c48ca
  3. #ca8c48
  4. #86ca48

Square

  1. #4886ca
  2. #ca48c7
  3. #ca8c48
  4. #48ca4b

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3b5e
  2. #2c6099
  3. #4886ca
  4. #83addb
  5. #bfd4ec

Shades

#4886ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4886ca
  2. #4179b6
  3. #3a6ba2
  4. #325e8d
  5. #2b5079
  6. #244365
  7. #1d3651
  8. #16283d
  9. #0e1b28
  10. #070d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4886ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4886ca
  2. #5a92cf
  3. #6d9ed5
  4. #7faada
  5. #91b6df
  6. #a4c3e5
  7. #b6cfea
  8. #c8dbef
  9. #dae7f4
  10. #edf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4886ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4886ca
  2. #4e85c3
  3. #5385bb
  4. #5984b4
  5. #5e84ac
  6. #6483a5
  7. #6a829e
  8. #6f8296
  9. #75818f
  10. #7a8187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7084a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #688acd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #577dc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00969f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d88cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5181c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0190b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4886ca {
  color: #4886ca;
}
Background
.bg-4886ca {
  background-color: #4886ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4886ca {
  border: 2px solid #4886ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4886ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 134 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4886ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4886ca, #4b48ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4886ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 134 202 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.32 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.34 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.45 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.93 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.69 #b77935 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4886ca  rgb(72, 134, 202)  hsl(211, 55%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#ca8c48  rgb(202, 140, 72)  hsl(31, 55%, 54%)  Peru
#ca4886  rgb(202, 72, 134)  hsl(331, 55%, 54%)  Mulberry
#86ca48  rgb(134, 202, 72)  hsl(91, 55%, 54%)  Yellow Green