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#4E7FE9

#4e7fe9 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e7fe9 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 49.8% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.52% cyan, 45.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 221.03°, with 77.89% saturation and 60.98% 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 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.54.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2268

Complementary

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #e9b84e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #e96a4e
  3. #cde94e

Analogous

  1. #4ecde9
  2. #4e7fe9
  3. #6a4ee9

Triadic

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #e94e7f
  3. #7fe94e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #b84ee9
  3. #e9b84e
  4. #7fe94e

Square

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #e94ecd
  3. #e9b84e
  4. #4ee96a

Monochromatic

  1. #11388d
  2. #1a54d1
  3. #4e7fe9
  4. #92b0f1
  5. #d6e1fa

Shades

#4e7fe9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #4672d2
  3. #3e66ba
  4. #3759a3
  5. #2f4c8c
  6. #274075
  7. #1f335d
  8. #172646
  9. #10192f
  10. #080d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7fe9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #608ceb
  3. #7199ed
  4. #83a5f0
  5. #95b2f2
  6. #a7bff4
  7. #b8ccf6
  8. #cad9f8
  9. #dce5fb
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7fe9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7fe9
  2. #537fdf
  3. #587fd4
  4. #5d7fca
  5. #627fbf
  6. #6780b5
  7. #6c80aa
  8. #7180a0
  9. #768095
  10. #7b808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7181b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4a8bed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2c7ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b86eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c7de8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7fe9 {
  color: #4e7fe9;
}
Background
.bg-4e7fe9 {
  background-color: #4e7fe9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7fe9 {
  border: 2px solid #4e7fe9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7fe9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 127 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 78% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7fe9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7fe9, #6a4ee9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7fe9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 127 233 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.54 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.57 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.71 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.15 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.88 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.24 #b18016 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#4e7fe9  rgb(78, 127, 233)  hsl(221, 78%, 61%)  Glaucous
#e9b84e  rgb(233, 184, 78)  hsl(41, 78%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#e94e7f  rgb(233, 78, 127)  hsl(341, 78%, 61%)  Blush
#7fe94e  rgb(127, 233, 78)  hsl(101, 78%, 61%)  Lawn Green