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#4E7DE3

#4e7de3 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e7de3 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 49.02% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.64% cyan, 44.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 221.07°, with 72.68% saturation and 59.8% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#6666cc
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Relative luminance0.2183

Complementary

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #e3b44e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #e3694e
  3. #c8e34e

Analogous

  1. #4ec8e3
  2. #4e7de3
  3. #694ee3

Triadic

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #e34e7d
  3. #7de34e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #b44ee3
  3. #e3b44e
  4. #7de34e

Square

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #e34ec8
  3. #e3b44e
  4. #4ee369

Monochromatic

  1. #153883
  2. #1f54c5
  3. #4e7de3
  4. #90aeed
  5. #d2def8

Shades

#4e7de3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #4671cc
  3. #3e64b6
  4. #37589f
  5. #2f4b88
  6. #273f72
  7. #1f325b
  8. #172644
  9. #10192d
  10. #080d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7de3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #608ae6
  3. #7197e9
  4. #83a4eb
  5. #95b1ee
  6. #a7bef1
  7. #b8cbf4
  8. #cad8f7
  9. #dce5f9
  10. #edf2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7de3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7de3
  2. #537dd9
  3. #587ecf
  4. #5d7ec5
  5. #627ebb
  6. #677fb2
  7. #6c7fa8
  8. #717f9e
  9. #767f94
  10. #7b808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #707fb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b88e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #307ae1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0094a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4c84e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e7be2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008cc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7de3 {
  color: #4e7de3;
}
Background
.bg-4e7de3 {
  background-color: #4e7de3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7de3 {
  border: 2px solid #4e7de3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7de3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 125 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 73% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7de3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7de3, #694ee3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7de3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 125 227 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.14 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.22 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.85 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.94 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.33 #b1821c Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#4e7de3  rgb(78, 125, 227)  hsl(221, 73%, 60%)  Glaucous
#e3b44e  rgb(227, 180, 78)  hsl(41, 73%, 60%)  Meat Brown
#e34e7d  rgb(227, 78, 125)  hsl(341, 73%, 60%)  Blush
#7de34e  rgb(125, 227, 78)  hsl(101, 73%, 60%)  Pastel Green