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#4E81BA

#4e81ba ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e81ba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 50.59% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.06% cyan, 30.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 211.67°, with 43.9% saturation and 51.76% 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 1.89.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2087

Complementary

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #ba874e

Split complementary

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #ba514e
  3. #b7ba4e

Analogous

  1. #4eb7ba
  2. #4e81ba
  3. #514eba

Triadic

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #ba4e81
  3. #81ba4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #874eba
  3. #ba874e
  4. #81ba4e

Square

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #ba4eb7
  3. #ba874e
  4. #4eba51

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3650
  2. #355b87
  3. #4e81ba
  4. #85a8cf
  5. #bccfe5

Shades

#4e81ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #4674a7
  3. #3e6795
  4. #375a82
  5. #2f4d70
  6. #27415d
  7. #1f344a
  8. #172738
  9. #101a25
  10. #080d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e81ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #608ec1
  3. #719ac8
  4. #83a7cf
  5. #95b3d6
  6. #a7c0dd
  7. #b8cde3
  8. #cad9ea
  9. #dce6f1
  10. #edf2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e81ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e81ba
  2. #5381b4
  3. #5881ae
  4. #5d81a9
  5. #6281a3
  6. #67819d
  7. #6c8097
  8. #718091
  9. #76808c
  10. #7b8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7f9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6984bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b79b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008e95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6083bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #567cb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2c89a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e81ba {
  color: #4e81ba;
}
Background
.bg-4e81ba {
  background-color: #4e81ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e81ba {
  border: 2px solid #4e81ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e81ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 129 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e81ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e81ba, #514eba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e81ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 129 186 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 1.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.47 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.45 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.92 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.06 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.46 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.21 #b17e45 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4e81ba  rgb(78, 129, 186)  hsl(212, 44%, 52%)  Tufts Blue
#ba874e  rgb(186, 135, 78)  hsl(32, 44%, 52%)  Peru
#ba4e81  rgb(186, 78, 129)  hsl(332, 44%, 52%)  Mulberry
#81ba4e  rgb(129, 186, 78)  hsl(92, 44%, 52%)  Mantis