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#4E7EEA

#4e7eea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e7eea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 49.41% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 46.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 221.54°, 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 5.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 5.32.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2248

Complementary

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #eaba4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #ea6c4e
  3. #ccea4e

Analogous

  1. #4eccea
  2. #4e7eea
  3. #6c4eea

Triadic

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #ea4e7e
  3. #7eea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #ba4eea
  3. #eaba4e
  4. #7eea4e

Square

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #ea4ecc
  3. #eaba4e
  4. #4eea6c

Monochromatic

  1. #11378e
  2. #1952d3
  3. #4e7eea
  4. #92b0f2
  5. #d7e2fa

Shades

#4e7eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #4671d3
  3. #3e65bb
  4. #3758a4
  5. #2f4c8c
  6. #273f75
  7. #1f325e
  8. #172646
  9. #10192f
  10. #080d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #608bec
  3. #7198ee
  4. #83a5f0
  5. #95b2f2
  6. #a7bff5
  7. #b8cbf7
  8. #cad8f9
  9. #dce5fb
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7eea
  2. #537edf
  3. #587ed5
  4. #5d7fca
  5. #627fc0
  6. #677fb5
  7. #6c7faa
  8. #717fa0
  9. #768095
  10. #7b808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7181b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #478aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #277ce8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a85ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a7de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7eea {
  color: #4e7eea;
}
Background
.bg-4e7eea {
  background-color: #4e7eea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7eea {
  border: 2px solid #4e7eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 126 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7eea, #6c4eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 126 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.32 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.66 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.50 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.24 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.37 #b18115 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e7eea  rgb(78, 126, 234)  hsl(222, 79%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#eaba4e  rgb(234, 186, 78)  hsl(42, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#ea4e7e  rgb(234, 78, 126)  hsl(342, 79%, 61%)  Blush
#7eea4e  rgb(126, 234, 78)  hsl(102, 79%, 61%)  Lawn Green