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#4780DA

#4780da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4780da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 50.2% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.43% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 216.73°, with 66.52% saturation and 56.67% 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 5.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.46.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2184

Complementary

  1. #4780da
  2. #daa147

Split complementary

  1. #4780da
  2. #da5747
  3. #cada47

Analogous

  1. #47cada
  2. #4780da
  3. #5747da

Triadic

  1. #4780da
  2. #da4780
  3. #80da47

Tetradic

  1. #4780da
  2. #a147da
  3. #daa147
  4. #80da47

Square

  1. #4780da
  2. #da47ca
  3. #daa147
  4. #47da57

Monochromatic

  1. #173a71
  2. #245ab1
  3. #4780da
  4. #87ace7
  5. #c6d8f4

Shades

#4780da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4780da
  2. #4073c4
  3. #3966ae
  4. #325a99
  5. #2b4d83
  6. #24406d
  7. #1c3357
  8. #152641
  9. #0e1a2c
  10. #070d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4780da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4780da
  2. #598dde
  3. #6c99e1
  4. #7ea6e5
  5. #91b3e9
  6. #a3c0ed
  7. #b5ccf0
  8. #c8d9f4
  9. #dae6f8
  10. #edf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4780da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4780da
  2. #4d80d1
  3. #5280c8
  4. #5880bf
  5. #5e80b6
  6. #6480ad
  7. #6980a4
  8. #6f809b
  9. #758092
  10. #7a8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e80ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5688de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f7ad8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5085dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #427dd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4780da {
  color: #4780da;
}
Background
.bg-4780da {
  background-color: #4780da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4780da {
  border: 2px solid #4780da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4780da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 67% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4780da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4780da, #5747da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4780da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.46 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.71 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.38 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.01 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.16 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.48 #b87f25 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4780da  rgb(71, 128, 218)  hsl(217, 67%, 57%)  Tufts Blue
#daa147  rgb(218, 161, 71)  hsl(37, 67%, 57%)  Indian Yellow
#da4780  rgb(218, 71, 128)  hsl(337, 67%, 57%)  Telemagenta
#80da47  rgb(128, 218, 71)  hsl(97, 67%, 57%)  Yellow Green