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#4E80BB

#4e80bb ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e80bb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 50.2% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.29% cyan, 31.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 212.48°, with 44.49% saturation and 51.96% 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 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 1.72.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2065

Complementary

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #bb894e

Split complementary

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #bb534e
  3. #b6bb4e

Analogous

  1. #4eb6bb
  2. #4e80bb
  3. #534ebb

Triadic

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #bb4e80
  3. #80bb4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #894ebb
  3. #bb894e
  4. #80bb4e

Square

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #bb4eb6
  3. #bb894e
  4. #4ebb53

Monochromatic

  1. #1f3651
  2. #345b88
  3. #4e80bb
  4. #85a8d0
  5. #bdcfe5

Shades

#4e80bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #4673a8
  3. #3e6696
  4. #375a83
  5. #2f4d70
  6. #27405e
  7. #1f334b
  8. #172638
  9. #101a25
  10. #080d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e80bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #608dc2
  3. #7199c9
  4. #83a6cf
  5. #95b3d6
  6. #a7c0dd
  7. #b8cce4
  8. #cad9eb
  9. #dce6f1
  10. #edf2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e80bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e80bb
  2. #5380b5
  3. #5880af
  4. #5d80a9
  5. #6280a3
  6. #67809e
  7. #6c8098
  8. #718092
  9. #76808c
  10. #7b8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d7e9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6783be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5979ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e82bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #557cba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2b88a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e80bb {
  color: #4e80bb;
}
Background
.bg-4e80bb {
  background-color: #4e80bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e80bb {
  border: 2px solid #4e80bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e80bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 128 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e80bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e80bb, #534ebb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e80bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 128 187 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 1.72 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.87 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.31 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.86 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.18 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.81 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.11 #b17f44 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4e80bb  rgb(78, 128, 187)  hsl(212, 44%, 52%)  Tufts Blue
#bb894e  rgb(187, 137, 78)  hsl(32, 44%, 52%)  Peru
#bb4e80  rgb(187, 78, 128)  hsl(332, 44%, 52%)  Mulberry
#80bb4e  rgb(128, 187, 78)  hsl(92, 44%, 52%)  Mantis