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#4E75EA

#4e75ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e75ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 45.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.03.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2028

Complementary

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #eac34e

Split complementary

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #ea754e
  3. #c3ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec3ea
  2. #4e75ea
  3. #754eea

Triadic

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #ea4e75
  3. #75ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #c34eea
  3. #eac34e
  4. #75ea4e

Square

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #ea4ec3
  3. #eac34e
  4. #4eea75

Monochromatic

  1. #11308e
  2. #1947d3
  3. #4e75ea
  4. #92aaf2
  5. #d7e0fa

Shades

#4e75ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #4669d3
  3. #3e5ebb
  4. #3752a4
  5. #2f468c
  6. #273b75
  7. #1f2f5e
  8. #172346
  9. #10172f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e75ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #6083ec
  3. #7191ee
  4. #839ef0
  5. #95acf2
  6. #a7baf5
  7. #b8c8f7
  8. #cad6f9
  9. #dce3fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e75ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e75ea
  2. #5376df
  3. #5877d5
  4. #5d78ca
  5. #6279c0
  6. #677bb5
  7. #6c7caa
  8. #717da0
  9. #767e95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d79b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3184ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3e7eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2d75e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e75ea {
  color: #4e75ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e75ea {
  background-color: #4e75ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e75ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e75ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e75ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 117 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e75ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e75ea, #754eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e75ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 117 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.03 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.42 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.05 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.81 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.05 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.39 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.78 #b18a15 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e75ea  rgb(78, 117, 234)  hsl(225, 79%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#eac34e  rgb(234, 195, 78)  hsl(45, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#ea4e75  rgb(234, 78, 117)  hsl(345, 79%, 61%)  Blush
#75ea4e  rgb(117, 234, 78)  hsl(105, 79%, 61%)  Neon Green