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#4E75E8

#4e75e8 ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e75e8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 45.88% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.38% cyan, 49.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 224.81°, with 77% saturation and 60.78% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.07.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2017

Complementary

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #e8c14e

Split complementary

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #e8744e
  3. #c2e84e

Analogous

  1. #4ec2e8
  2. #4e75e8
  3. #744ee8

Triadic

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #e84e75
  3. #75e84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #c14ee8
  3. #e8c14e
  4. #75e84e

Square

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #e84ec2
  3. #e8c14e
  4. #4ee874

Monochromatic

  1. #12318b
  2. #1b48cf
  3. #4e75e8
  4. #92aaf1
  5. #d5dffa

Shades

#4e75e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #4669d1
  3. #3e5eba
  4. #3752a2
  5. #2f468b
  6. #273b74
  7. #1f2f5d
  8. #172346
  9. #10172e
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e75e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #6083ea
  3. #7191ed
  4. #839eef
  5. #95acf1
  6. #a7baf4
  7. #b8c8f6
  8. #cad6f8
  9. #dce3fa
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e75e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e75e8
  2. #5376de
  3. #5877d3
  4. #5d78c9
  5. #6279be
  6. #677bb4
  7. #6c7caa
  8. #717d9f
  9. #767e95
  10. #7b7f8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d79b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3383ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #407eeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2f75e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e75e8 {
  color: #4e75e8;
}
Background
.bg-4e75e8 {
  background-color: #4e75e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e75e8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e75e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e75e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 117 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 77% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e75e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e75e8, #744ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e75e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 117 232 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.07 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.33 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.11 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.68 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.89 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.22 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.66 #b18a17 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e75e8  rgb(78, 117, 232)  hsl(225, 77%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#e8c14e  rgb(232, 193, 78)  hsl(45, 77%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#e84e75  rgb(232, 78, 117)  hsl(345, 77%, 61%)  Blush
#75e84e  rgb(117, 232, 78)  hsl(105, 77%, 61%)  Lawn Green