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#4E80E8

#4e80e8 ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e80e8 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 50.2% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.38% cyan, 44.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 220.52°, 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 5.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.43.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.2288

Complementary

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #e8b64e

Split complementary

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #e8694e
  3. #cde84e

Analogous

  1. #4ecde8
  2. #4e80e8
  3. #694ee8

Triadic

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #e84e80
  3. #80e84e

Tetradic

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #b64ee8
  3. #e8b64e
  4. #80e84e

Square

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #e84ecd
  3. #e8b64e
  4. #4ee869

Monochromatic

  1. #12398b
  2. #1b55cf
  3. #4e80e8
  4. #92b1f1
  5. #d5e1fa

Shades

#4e80e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #4673d1
  3. #3e66ba
  4. #375aa2
  5. #2f4d8b
  6. #274074
  7. #1f335d
  8. #172646
  9. #101a2e
  10. #080d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e80e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #608dea
  3. #7199ed
  4. #83a6ef
  5. #95b3f1
  6. #a7c0f4
  7. #b8ccf6
  8. #cad9f8
  9. #dce6fa
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e80e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e80e8
  2. #5380de
  3. #5880d3
  4. #5d80c9
  5. #6280be
  6. #6780b4
  7. #6c80aa
  8. #71809f
  9. #768095
  10. #7b808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7282b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4d8bec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #307de6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d87ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e7ee7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e80e8 {
  color: #4e80e8;
}
Background
.bg-4e80e8 {
  background-color: #4e80e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e80e8 {
  border: 2px solid #4e80e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e80e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 128 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 77% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e80e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e80e8, #694ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e80e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 128 232 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.43 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.58 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.80 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.52 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.64 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.07 #b17f17 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#4e80e8  rgb(78, 128, 232)  hsl(221, 77%, 61%)  Glaucous
#e8b64e  rgb(232, 182, 78)  hsl(41, 77%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#e84e80  rgb(232, 78, 128)  hsl(341, 77%, 61%)  Blush
#80e84e  rgb(128, 232, 78)  hsl(101, 77%, 61%)  Inchworm