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#4E81DC

#4e81dc ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e81dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 50.59% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.55% cyan, 41.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 218.45°, with 66.98% saturation and 58.43% 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 5.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 4.35.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2249

Complementary

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #dca94e

Split complementary

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #dc624e
  3. #c8dc4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec8dc
  2. #4e81dc
  3. #624edc

Triadic

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #dc4e81
  3. #81dc4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #a94edc
  3. #dca94e
  4. #81dc4e

Square

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #dc4ec8
  3. #dca94e
  4. #4edc62

Monochromatic

  1. #183b79
  2. #255ab9
  3. #4e81dc
  4. #8eaee9
  5. #cedcf5

Shades

#4e81dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #4674c6
  3. #3e67b0
  4. #375a9a
  5. #2f4d84
  6. #27416e
  7. #1f3458
  8. #172742
  9. #101a2c
  10. #080d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e81dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #608ee0
  3. #719ae3
  4. #83a7e7
  5. #95b3ea
  6. #a7c0ee
  7. #b8cdf1
  8. #cad9f5
  9. #dce6f8
  10. #edf2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e81dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e81dc
  2. #5381d3
  3. #5881ca
  4. #5d81c0
  5. #6281b7
  6. #6781ae
  7. #6c80a5
  8. #71809c
  9. #768092
  10. #7b8089
  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 #7182ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #578ae0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #427cda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5486de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #477edb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #038ebd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e81dc {
  color: #4e81dc;
}
Background
.bg-4e81dc {
  background-color: #4e81dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e81dc {
  border: 2px solid #4e81dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e81dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 129 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 67% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e81dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e81dc, #624edc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e81dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 129 220 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.35 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.76 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.95 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.40 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.71 #b17e23 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4e81dc  rgb(78, 129, 220)  hsl(218, 67%, 58%)  Tufts Blue
#dca94e  rgb(220, 169, 78)  hsl(38, 67%, 58%)  Indian Yellow
#dc4e81  rgb(220, 78, 129)  hsl(338, 67%, 58%)  Blush
#81dc4e  rgb(129, 220, 78)  hsl(98, 67%, 58%)  Pastel Green