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#4B80DA

#4b80da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4b80da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 50.2% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.6% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 217.76°, with 65.9% saturation and 57.45% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.83.

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Relative luminance0.22

Complementary

  1. #4b80da
  2. #daa54b

Split complementary

  1. #4b80da
  2. #da5d4b
  3. #c8da4b

Analogous

  1. #4bc8da
  2. #4b80da
  3. #5d4bda

Triadic

  1. #4b80da
  2. #da4b80
  3. #80da4b

Tetradic

  1. #4b80da
  2. #a54bda
  3. #daa54b
  4. #80da4b

Square

  1. #4b80da
  2. #da4bc8
  3. #daa54b
  4. #4bda5d

Monochromatic

  1. #183a74
  2. #255ab4
  3. #4b80da
  4. #8aade7
  5. #cadaf4

Shades

#4b80da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4b80da
  2. #4473c4
  3. #3c66ae
  4. #355a99
  5. #2d4d83
  6. #26406d
  7. #1e3357
  8. #172641
  9. #0f1a2c
  10. #080d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4b80da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4b80da
  2. #5d8dde
  3. #6f99e1
  4. #81a6e5
  5. #93b3e9
  6. #a5c0ed
  7. #b7ccf0
  8. #c9d9f4
  9. #dbe6f8
  10. #edf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4b80da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4b80da
  2. #5080d1
  3. #5680c8
  4. #5b80bf
  5. #6080b6
  6. #6680ad
  7. #6b80a4
  8. #70809b
  9. #758092
  10. #7b8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f81ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5788de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #407bd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5285dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #457dd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4b80da {
  color: #4b80da;
}
Background
.bg-4b80da {
  background-color: #4b80da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4b80da {
  border: 2px solid #4b80da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4b80da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 66% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4b80da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4b80da, #5d4bda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4b80da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.83 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.48 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.61 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.96 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.18 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.87 #b47f25 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4b80da  rgb(75, 128, 218)  hsl(218, 66%, 57%)  Tufts Blue
#daa54b  rgb(218, 165, 75)  hsl(38, 66%, 57%)  Indian Yellow
#da4b80  rgb(218, 75, 128)  hsl(338, 66%, 57%)  Blush
#80da4b  rgb(128, 218, 75)  hsl(98, 66%, 57%)  Pastel Green