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#4C82CA

#4c82ca ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4c82ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 50.98% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.38% cyan, 35.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 214.29°, with 54.31% saturation and 54.51% 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 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.51.

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Relative luminance0.2177

Complementary

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #ca944c

Split complementary

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #ca554c
  3. #c1ca4c

Analogous

  1. #4cc1ca
  2. #4c82ca
  3. #554cca

Triadic

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #ca4c82
  3. #82ca4c

Tetradic

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #944cca
  3. #ca944c
  4. #82ca4c

Square

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #ca4cc1
  3. #ca944c
  4. #4cca55

Monochromatic

  1. #1d3a60
  2. #2e5d9b
  3. #4c82ca
  4. #87abdb
  5. #c2d4ed

Shades

#4c82ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #4475b6
  3. #3d68a2
  4. #355b8d
  5. #2e4e79
  6. #264165
  7. #1e3451
  8. #17273d
  9. #0f1a28
  10. #080d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#4c82ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #5e8fcf
  3. #709bd5
  4. #82a8da
  5. #94b4df
  6. #a6c1e5
  7. #b7cdea
  8. #c9daef
  9. #dbe6f4
  10. #edf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4c82ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4c82ca
  2. #5182c3
  3. #5682bb
  4. #5c81b4
  5. #6181ac
  6. #6681a5
  7. #6b819e
  8. #708196
  9. #76808f
  10. #7b8087
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f81a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6387cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #527bc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00929c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b85cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #507ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #198cb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4c82ca {
  color: #4c82ca;
}
Background
.bg-4c82ca {
  background-color: #4c82ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4c82ca {
  border: 2px solid #4c82ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4c82ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 130 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 54% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4c82ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4c82ca, #554cca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4c82ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 130 202 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.51 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.78 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.00 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.04 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.99 #b37d35 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4c82ca  rgb(76, 130, 202)  hsl(214, 54%, 55%)  Tufts Blue
#ca944c  rgb(202, 148, 76)  hsl(34, 54%, 55%)  Camel
#ca4c82  rgb(202, 76, 130)  hsl(334, 54%, 55%)  Mulberry
#82ca4c  rgb(130, 202, 76)  hsl(94, 54%, 55%)  Mantis