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#4E80CD

#4e80cd ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e80cd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.95% cyan, 37.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 216.38°, with 55.95% saturation and 55.49% 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 5.29:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.88.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2147

Complementary

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #cd9b4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #cd5c4e
  3. #bfcd4e

Analogous

  1. #4ebfcd
  2. #4e80cd
  3. #5c4ecd

Triadic

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #cd4e80
  3. #80cd4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #9b4ecd
  3. #cd9b4e
  4. #80cd4e

Square

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #cd4ebf
  3. #cd9b4e
  4. #4ecd5c

Monochromatic

  1. #1d3965
  2. #2d5ba1
  3. #4e80cd
  4. #8aabde
  5. #c5d6ef

Shades

#4e80cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #4673b9
  3. #3e66a4
  4. #375a90
  5. #2f4d7b
  6. #274067
  7. #1f3352
  8. #17263e
  9. #101a29
  10. #080d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e80cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #608dd2
  3. #7199d7
  4. #83a6dc
  5. #95b3e1
  6. #a7c0e6
  7. #b8cceb
  8. #cad9f0
  9. #dce6f5
  10. #edf2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e80cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e80cd
  2. #5380c5
  3. #5880be
  4. #5d80b6
  5. #6280ae
  6. #6780a7
  7. #6c809f
  8. #718097
  9. #76808f
  10. #7b8088
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f80a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f86d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d7acb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00919d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5884cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e7dcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1d8bb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e80cd {
  color: #4e80cd;
}
Background
.bg-4e80cd {
  background-color: #4e80cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e80cd {
  border: 2px solid #4e80cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e80cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 128 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e80cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e80cd, #5c4ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e80cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 128 205 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.88 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 3.54 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.41 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.42 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.81 #b17f32 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4e80cd  rgb(78, 128, 205)  hsl(216, 56%, 55%)  Tufts Blue
#cd9b4e  rgb(205, 155, 78)  hsl(36, 56%, 55%)  Indian Yellow
#cd4e80  rgb(205, 78, 128)  hsl(336, 56%, 55%)  Telemagenta
#80cd4e  rgb(128, 205, 78)  hsl(96, 56%, 55%)  Mantis