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#4E78EB

#4e78eb ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e78eb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 47.06% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.81% cyan, 48.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 223.95°, with 79.7% saturation and 61.37% 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 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2105

Complementary

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #ebc14e

Split complementary

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #eb724e
  3. #c6eb4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec6eb
  2. #4e78eb
  3. #724eeb

Triadic

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #eb4e78
  3. #78eb4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #c14eeb
  3. #ebc14e
  4. #78eb4e

Square

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #eb4ec6
  3. #ebc14e
  4. #4eeb72

Monochromatic

  1. #103290
  2. #184ad4
  3. #4e78eb
  4. #93acf3
  5. #d7e1fb

Shades

#4e78eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #466cd4
  3. #3e60bc
  4. #3754a5
  5. #2f488d
  6. #273c76
  7. #1f305e
  8. #172447
  9. #10182f
  10. #080c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e78eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #6086ed
  3. #7193ef
  4. #83a1f1
  5. #95aef3
  6. #a7bcf5
  7. #b8c9f7
  8. #cad7f9
  9. #dce4fb
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e78eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e78eb
  2. #5379e0
  3. #587ad6
  4. #5d7acb
  5. #627bc0
  6. #677cb6
  7. #6c7dab
  8. #717ea0
  9. #767e95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7cb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3886ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0178e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4281ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3178ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e78eb {
  color: #4e78eb;
}
Background
.bg-4e78eb {
  background-color: #4e78eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e78eb {
  border: 2px solid #4e78eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e78eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 120 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 80% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e78eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e78eb, #724eeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e78eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 120 235 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.24 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.40 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.05 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.37 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.61 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.30 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.31 #b18714 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e78eb  rgb(78, 120, 235)  hsl(224, 80%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#ebc14e  rgb(235, 193, 78)  hsl(44, 80%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#eb4e78  rgb(235, 78, 120)  hsl(344, 80%, 61%)  Blush
#78eb4e  rgb(120, 235, 78)  hsl(104, 80%, 61%)  Lawn Green