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#4E7AE4

#4e7ae4 ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e7ae4 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 47.84% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.79% cyan, 46.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 222.4°, with 73.53% saturation and 60% 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 5.23:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.67.

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Relative luminance0.2114

Complementary

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #e4b84e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #e46d4e
  3. #c5e44e

Analogous

  1. #4ec5e4
  2. #4e7ae4
  3. #6d4ee4

Triadic

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #e44e7a
  3. #7ae44e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #b84ee4
  3. #e4b84e
  4. #7ae44e

Square

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #e44ec5
  3. #e4b84e
  4. #4ee46d

Monochromatic

  1. #143585
  2. #1e50c7
  3. #4e7ae4
  4. #90acee
  5. #d3def8

Shades

#4e7ae4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #466ecd
  3. #3e62b6
  4. #3755a0
  5. #2f4989
  6. #273d72
  7. #1f315b
  8. #172544
  9. #10182e
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7ae4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #6087e7
  3. #7195e9
  4. #83a2ec
  5. #95afef
  6. #a7bdf2
  7. #b8caf4
  8. #cad7f7
  9. #dce4fa
  10. #edf2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7ae4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7ae4
  2. #537bda
  3. #587bd0
  4. #5d7cc6
  5. #627cbc
  6. #677db2
  7. #6c7ea8
  8. #717e9e
  9. #767f94
  10. #7b7f8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7db1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4486e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2578e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4881e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a79e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7ae4 {
  color: #4e7ae4;
}
Background
.bg-4e7ae4 {
  background-color: #4e7ae4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7ae4 {
  border: 2px solid #4e7ae4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7ae4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 122 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 74% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7ae4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7ae4, #6d4ee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7ae4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 122 228 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.67 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.53 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.66 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.90 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.50 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.67 #b1851b Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e7ae4  rgb(78, 122, 228)  hsl(222, 74%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#e4b84e  rgb(228, 184, 78)  hsl(42, 74%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#e44e7a  rgb(228, 78, 122)  hsl(342, 74%, 60%)  Blush
#7ae44e  rgb(122, 228, 78)  hsl(102, 74%, 60%)  Pastel Green