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#4E79EA

#4e79ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e79ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 47.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 48.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.46°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 5.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.38.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2123

Complementary

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #eabf4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #ea714e
  3. #c7ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec7ea
  2. #4e79ea
  3. #714eea

Triadic

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #ea4e79
  3. #79ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #bf4eea
  3. #eabf4e
  4. #79ea4e

Square

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #ea4ec7
  3. #eabf4e
  4. #4eea71

Monochromatic

  1. #11338e
  2. #194cd3
  3. #4e79ea
  4. #92adf2
  5. #d7e1fa

Shades

#4e79ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #466dd3
  3. #3e61bb
  4. #3755a4
  5. #2f498c
  6. #273d75
  7. #1f305e
  8. #172446
  9. #10182f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e79ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #6086ec
  3. #7194ee
  4. #83a1f0
  5. #95aff2
  6. #a7bcf5
  7. #b8c9f7
  8. #cad7f9
  9. #dce4fb
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e79ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e79ea
  2. #537adf
  3. #587ad5
  4. #5d7bca
  5. #627cc0
  6. #677db5
  7. #6c7daa
  8. #717ea0
  9. #767f95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f7db4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3b87ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0f78e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4481ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3379e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e79ea {
  color: #4e79ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e79ea {
  background-color: #4e79ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e79ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e79ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e79ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 121 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e79ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e79ea, #714eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e79ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 121 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.38 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.14 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.37 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.41 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.07 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.20 #b18615 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e79ea  rgb(78, 121, 234)  hsl(223, 79%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#eabf4e  rgb(234, 191, 78)  hsl(43, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#ea4e79  rgb(234, 78, 121)  hsl(343, 79%, 61%)  Blush
#79ea4e  rgb(121, 234, 78)  hsl(103, 79%, 61%)  Lawn Green