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#4E77EA

#4e77ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e77ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 46.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 49.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 224.23°, 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 5.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#6666ff
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Relative luminance0.2075

Complementary

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #eac14e

Split complementary

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #ea734e
  3. #c5ea4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec5ea
  2. #4e77ea
  3. #734eea

Triadic

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #ea4e77
  3. #77ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #c14eea
  3. #eac14e
  4. #77ea4e

Square

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #ea4ec5
  3. #eac14e
  4. #4eea73

Monochromatic

  1. #11328e
  2. #194ad3
  3. #4e77ea
  4. #92acf2
  5. #d7e0fa

Shades

#4e77ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #466bd3
  3. #3e5fbb
  4. #3753a4
  5. #2f478c
  6. #273c75
  7. #1f305e
  8. #172446
  9. #10182f
  10. #080c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e77ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #6085ec
  3. #7192ee
  4. #83a0f0
  5. #95adf2
  6. #a7bbf5
  7. #b8c9f7
  8. #cad6f9
  9. #dce4fb
  10. #edf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e77ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e77ea
  2. #5378df
  3. #5879d5
  4. #5d7aca
  5. #627bc0
  6. #677cb5
  7. #6c7caa
  8. #717da0
  9. #767e95
  10. #7b7f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e7bb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3685ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0092a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4180ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3077e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e77ea {
  color: #4e77ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e77ea {
  background-color: #4e77ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e77ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e77ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e77ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 119 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e77ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e77ea, #734eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e77ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 119 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.15 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.04 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.73 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.45 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.68 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 8.27 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.41 #b18815 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#4e77ea  rgb(78, 119, 234)  hsl(224, 79%, 61%)  Brandeis Blue
#eac14e  rgb(234, 193, 78)  hsl(44, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#ea4e77  rgb(234, 78, 119)  hsl(344, 79%, 61%)  Blush
#77ea4e  rgb(119, 234, 78)  hsl(104, 79%, 61%)  Lawn Green