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#4875CD

#4875cd ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4875cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 45.88% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.88% cyan, 42.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 219.7°, with 57.08% saturation and 54.31% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1851

Complementary

  1. #4875cd
  2. #cda048

Split complementary

  1. #4875cd
  2. #cd5d48
  3. #b7cd48

Analogous

  1. #48b7cd
  2. #4875cd
  3. #5d48cd

Triadic

  1. #4875cd
  2. #cd4875
  3. #75cd48

Tetradic

  1. #4875cd
  2. #a048cd
  3. #cda048
  4. #75cd48

Square

  1. #4875cd
  2. #cd48b7
  3. #cda048
  4. #48cd5d

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3361
  2. #2b529d
  3. #4875cd
  4. #84a2dd
  5. #c0d0ee

Shades

#4875cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4875cd
  2. #4169b9
  3. #3a5ea4
  4. #325290
  5. #2b467b
  6. #243b67
  7. #1d2f52
  8. #16233e
  9. #0e1729
  10. #070c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4875cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4875cd
  2. #5a83d2
  3. #6d91d7
  4. #7f9edc
  5. #91ace1
  6. #a4bae6
  7. #b6c8eb
  8. #c8d6f0
  9. #dae3f5
  10. #edf1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4875cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4875cd
  2. #4e76c5
  3. #5377be
  4. #5978b6
  5. #5e79ae
  6. #647ba7
  7. #6a7c9f
  8. #6f7d97
  9. #757e8f
  10. #7a7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6776a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4c7ed0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3772cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008997 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a7acf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e73cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0382af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4875cd {
  color: #4875cd;
}
Background
.bg-4875cd {
  background-color: #4875cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4875cd {
  border: 2px solid #4875cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4875cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 117 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 57% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4875cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4875cd, #5d48cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4875cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 117 205 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.31 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.86 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.30 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.36 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.44 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.79 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.07 #b78a32 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4875cd  rgb(72, 117, 205)  hsl(220, 57%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#cda048  rgb(205, 160, 72)  hsl(40, 57%, 54%)  Goldenrod
#cd4875  rgb(205, 72, 117)  hsl(340, 57%, 54%)  Telemagenta
#75cd48  rgb(117, 205, 72)  hsl(100, 57%, 54%)  Lime Green