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#4E76EA

#4e76ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e76ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 46.27% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 49.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 224.62°, 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 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.08.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2052

Complementary

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #eac24e

Split complementary

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #ea744e
  3. #c4ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec4ea
  2. #4e76ea
  3. #744eea

Triadic

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #ea4e76
  3. #76ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #c24eea
  3. #eac24e
  4. #76ea4e

Square

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #ea4ec4
  3. #eac24e
  4. #4eea74

Monochromatic

  1. #11318e
  2. #1949d3
  3. #4e76ea
  4. #92abf2
  5. #d7e0fa

Shades

#4e76ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #466ad3
  3. #3e5ebb
  4. #3753a4
  5. #2f478c
  6. #273b75
  7. #1f2f5e
  8. #172346
  9. #10182f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e76ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #6084ec
  3. #7191ee
  4. #839ff0
  5. #95adf2
  6. #a7bbf5
  7. #b8c8f7
  8. #cad6f9
  9. #dce4fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e76ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e76ea
  2. #5377df
  3. #5878d5
  4. #5d79ca
  5. #627ac0
  6. #677bb5
  7. #6c7caa
  8. #717da0
  9. #767e95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d7ab3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3485ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #407fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2f76e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e76ea {
  color: #4e76ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e76ea {
  background-color: #4e76ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e76ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e76ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e76ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 118 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e76ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e76ea, #744eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e76ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 118 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.08 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.72 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.39 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.63 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.86 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.32 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.59 #b18915 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e76ea  rgb(78, 118, 234)  hsl(225, 79%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#eac24e  rgb(234, 194, 78)  hsl(45, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#ea4e76  rgb(234, 78, 118)  hsl(345, 79%, 61%)  Blush
#76ea4e  rgb(118, 234, 78)  hsl(105, 79%, 61%)  Lawn Green