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#4E80DA

#4e80da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e80da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 50.2% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.22% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 218.57°, with 65.42% saturation and 58.04% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 4.15.

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Relative luminance0.2212

Complementary

  1. #4e80da
  2. #daa84e

Split complementary

  1. #4e80da
  2. #da624e
  3. #c6da4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec6da
  2. #4e80da
  3. #624eda

Triadic

  1. #4e80da
  2. #da4e80
  3. #80da4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e80da
  2. #a84eda
  3. #daa84e
  4. #80da4e

Square

  1. #4e80da
  2. #da4ec6
  3. #daa84e
  4. #4eda62

Monochromatic

  1. #193a76
  2. #2659b6
  3. #4e80da
  4. #8dade7
  5. #cddbf4

Shades

#4e80da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e80da
  2. #4673c4
  3. #3e66ae
  4. #375a99
  5. #2f4d83
  6. #27406d
  7. #1f3357
  8. #172641
  9. #101a2c
  10. #080d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e80da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e80da
  2. #608dde
  3. #7199e1
  4. #83a6e5
  5. #95b3e9
  6. #a7c0ed
  7. #b8ccf0
  8. #cad9f4
  9. #dce6f8
  10. #edf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e80da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e80da
  2. #5380d1
  3. #5880c8
  4. #5d80bf
  5. #6280b6
  6. #6780ad
  7. #6c80a4
  8. #71809b
  9. #768092
  10. #7b8089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7081ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5788de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #427bd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5485dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #477dd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #098dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e80da {
  color: #4e80da;
}
Background
.bg-4e80da {
  background-color: #4e80da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e80da {
  border: 2px solid #4e80da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e80da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 65% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e80da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e80da, #624eda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e80da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.15 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.33 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.06 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.23 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.08 #b17f25 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#4e80da  rgb(78, 128, 218)  hsl(219, 65%, 58%)  Tufts Blue
#daa84e  rgb(218, 168, 78)  hsl(39, 65%, 58%)  Indian Yellow
#da4e80  rgb(218, 78, 128)  hsl(339, 65%, 58%)  Blush
#80da4e  rgb(128, 218, 78)  hsl(99, 65%, 58%)  Pastel Green