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#4E7AAA

#4e7aaa ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e7aaa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 47.84% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.12% cyan, 28.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 211.3°, with 37.1% saturation and 48.63% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.05.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1844

Complementary

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #aa7e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #aa504e
  3. #a8aa4e

Analogous

  1. #4ea8aa
  2. #4e7aaa
  3. #504eaa

Triadic

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #aa4e7a
  3. #7aaa4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #7e4eaa
  3. #aa7e4e
  4. #7aaa4e

Square

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #aa4ea8
  3. #aa7e4e
  4. #4eaa50

Monochromatic

  1. #1e2f41
  2. #365476
  3. #4e7aaa
  4. #80a1c5
  5. #b4c8dd

Shades

#4e7aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #466e99
  3. #3e6288
  4. #375577
  5. #2f4966
  6. #273d55
  7. #1f3144
  8. #172533
  9. #101822
  10. #080c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e7aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #6087b3
  3. #7195bb
  4. #83a2c4
  5. #95afcc
  6. #a7bdd5
  7. #b8cadd
  8. #cad7e6
  9. #dce4ee
  10. #edf2f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e7aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e7aaa
  2. #537ba6
  3. #587ba2
  4. #5d7c9d
  5. #627c99
  6. #677d95
  7. #6c7e91
  8. #717e8d
  9. #767f88
  10. #7b7f84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #69788e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #667cac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b73a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #18858b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e7bab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5676a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #358198 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e7aaa {
  color: #4e7aaa;
}
Background
.bg-4e7aaa {
  background-color: #4e7aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e7aaa {
  border: 2px solid #4e7aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e7aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 122 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 37% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e7aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e7aaa, #504eaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e7aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 122 170 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.05 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.82 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.45 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.38 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.91 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 5.92 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.51 #b18555 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4e7aaa  rgb(78, 122, 170)  hsl(211, 37%, 49%)  Tufts Blue
#aa7e4e  rgb(170, 126, 78)  hsl(31, 37%, 49%)  Cafe au Lait
#aa4e7a  rgb(170, 78, 122)  hsl(331, 37%, 49%)  Mulberry
#7aaa4e  rgb(122, 170, 78)  hsl(91, 37%, 49%)  Asparagus