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#4E7DE8

#4e7de8 ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e7de8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.38% cyan, 46.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 221.69°, 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 5.13.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2211

Complementary

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #e8b94e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #e86c4e
  3. #cae84e

Analogous

  1. #4ecae8
  2. #4e7de8
  3. #6c4ee8

Triadic

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #e84e7d
  3. #7de84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #b94ee8
  3. #e8b94e
  4. #7de84e

Square

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #e84eca
  3. #e8b94e
  4. #4ee86c

Monochromatic

  1. #12378b
  2. #1b52cf
  3. #4e7de8
  4. #92aff1
  5. #d5e0fa

Shades

#4e7de8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #4671d1
  3. #3e64ba
  4. #3758a2
  5. #2f4b8b
  6. #273f74
  7. #1f325d
  8. #172646
  9. #10192e
  10. #080d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7de8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #608aea
  3. #7197ed
  4. #83a4ef
  5. #95b1f1
  6. #a7bef4
  7. #b8cbf6
  8. #cad8f8
  9. #dce5fa
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7de8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7de8
  2. #537dde
  3. #587ed3
  4. #5d7ec9
  5. #627ebe
  6. #677fb4
  7. #6c7faa
  8. #717f9f
  9. #767f95
  10. #7b808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7080b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4789ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #277be6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a84ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a7ce7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7de8 {
  color: #4e7de8;
}
Background
.bg-4e7de8 {
  background-color: #4e7de8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7de8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e7de8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7de8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 125 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 77% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7de8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7de8, #6c4ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7de8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 125 232 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.13 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.55 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.72 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.84 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.99 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.49 #b18217 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e7de8  rgb(78, 125, 232)  hsl(222, 77%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#e8b94e  rgb(232, 185, 78)  hsl(42, 77%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#e84e7d  rgb(232, 78, 125)  hsl(342, 77%, 61%)  Blush
#7de84e  rgb(125, 232, 78)  hsl(102, 77%, 61%)  Lawn Green