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#4985CA

#4985ca ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4985ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 52.16% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.86% cyan, 34.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 212.09°, with 54.89% saturation and 53.92% 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 5.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.02.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2246

Complementary

  1. #4985ca
  2. #ca8e49

Split complementary

  1. #4985ca
  2. #ca4d49
  3. #c6ca49

Analogous

  1. #49c6ca
  2. #4985ca
  3. #4d49ca

Triadic

  1. #4985ca
  2. #ca4985
  3. #85ca49

Tetradic

  1. #4985ca
  2. #8e49ca
  3. #ca8e49
  4. #85ca49

Square

  1. #4985ca
  2. #ca49c6
  3. #ca8e49
  4. #49ca4d

Monochromatic

  1. #1c3b5e
  2. #2d5f9a
  3. #4985ca
  4. #84addb
  5. #bfd4ed

Shades

#4985ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4985ca
  2. #4278b6
  3. #3a6aa2
  4. #335d8d
  5. #2c5079
  6. #254365
  7. #1d3551
  8. #16283d
  9. #0f1b28
  10. #070d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4985ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4985ca
  2. #5b91cf
  3. #6d9dd5
  4. #80aada
  5. #92b6df
  6. #a4c2e5
  7. #b6ceea
  8. #c8daef
  9. #dbe7f4
  10. #edf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4985ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4985ca
  2. #4f85c3
  3. #5484bb
  4. #5a84b4
  5. #5f83ac
  6. #6583a5
  7. #6a829e
  8. #708296
  9. #75818f
  10. #7b8187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7083a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6789cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #557dc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00959e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d87cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5180c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #098fb1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4985ca {
  color: #4985ca;
}
Background
.bg-4985ca {
  background-color: #4985ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4985ca {
  border: 2px solid #4985ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4985ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 133 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4985ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4985ca, #4d49ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4985ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 133 202 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.02 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.79 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.60 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.95 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.82 #b67a35 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4985ca  rgb(73, 133, 202)  hsl(212, 55%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#ca8e49  rgb(202, 142, 73)  hsl(32, 55%, 54%)  Peru
#ca4985  rgb(202, 73, 133)  hsl(332, 55%, 54%)  Mulberry
#85ca49  rgb(133, 202, 73)  hsl(92, 55%, 54%)  Yellow Green