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#4E7ED7

#4e7ed7 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e7ed7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 49.41% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.72% cyan, 41.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 218.98°, with 63.13% saturation and 57.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.94.

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Relative luminance0.2145

Complementary

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #d7a74e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #d7634e
  3. #c2d74e

Analogous

  1. #4ec2d7
  2. #4e7ed7
  3. #634ed7

Triadic

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #d74e7e
  3. #7ed74e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #a74ed7
  3. #d7a74e
  4. #7ed74e

Square

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #d74ec2
  3. #d7a74e
  4. #4ed763

Monochromatic

  1. #1a3972
  2. #2858b1
  3. #4e7ed7
  4. #8cabe5
  5. #cbd9f3

Shades

#4e7ed7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #4671c2
  3. #3e65ac
  4. #375897
  5. #2f4c81
  6. #273f6c
  7. #1f3256
  8. #172641
  9. #10192b
  10. #080d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7ed7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #608bdb
  3. #7198df
  4. #83a5e3
  5. #95b2e7
  6. #a7bfeb
  7. #b8cbef
  8. #cad8f3
  9. #dce5f7
  10. #edf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7ed7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7ed7
  2. #537ece
  3. #587ec6
  4. #5d7fbd
  5. #627fb4
  6. #677fac
  7. #6c7fa3
  8. #717f9a
  9. #768091
  10. #7b8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f7faa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5686da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #417ad5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0092a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5383d9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #467bd6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #108bb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7ed7 {
  color: #4e7ed7;
}
Background
.bg-4e7ed7 {
  background-color: #4e7ed7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7ed7 {
  border: 2px solid #4e7ed7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7ed7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 126 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 63% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7ed7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7ed7, #634ed7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7ed7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 126 215 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.94 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.17 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.90 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.93 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.71 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.81 #b18128 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4e7ed7  rgb(78, 126, 215)  hsl(219, 63%, 57%)  Tufts Blue
#d7a74e  rgb(215, 167, 78)  hsl(39, 63%, 57%)  Indian Yellow
#d74e7e  rgb(215, 78, 126)  hsl(339, 63%, 57%)  Blush
#7ed74e  rgb(126, 215, 78)  hsl(99, 63%, 57%)  Pastel Green