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#4E80EA

#4e80ea ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4e80ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 50.2% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 45.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 220.77°, 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 5.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 5.61.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.23

Complementary

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #eab84e

Split complementary

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #ea6a4e
  3. #ceea4e

Analogous

  1. #4eceea
  2. #4e80ea
  3. #6a4eea

Triadic

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #ea4e80
  3. #80ea4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #b84eea
  3. #eab84e
  4. #80ea4e

Square

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #ea4ece
  3. #eab84e
  4. #4eea6a

Monochromatic

  1. #11398e
  2. #1954d3
  3. #4e80ea
  4. #92b1f2
  5. #d7e2fa

Shades

#4e80ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #4673d3
  3. #3e66bb
  4. #375aa4
  5. #2f4d8c
  6. #274075
  7. #1f335e
  8. #172646
  9. #101a2f
  10. #080d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e80ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #608dec
  3. #7199ee
  4. #83a6f0
  5. #95b3f2
  6. #a7c0f5
  7. #b8ccf7
  8. #cad9f9
  9. #dce6fb
  10. #edf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e80ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e80ea
  2. #5380df
  3. #5880d5
  4. #5d80ca
  5. #6280c0
  6. #6780b5
  7. #6c80aa
  8. #7180a0
  9. #768095
  10. #7b808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7282b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b8bee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2d7de8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0099aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4c87ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3d7ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e80ea {
  color: #4e80ea;
}
Background
.bg-4e80ea {
  background-color: #4e80ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e80ea {
  border: 2px solid #4e80ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e80ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 128 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e80ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e80ea, #6a4eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e80ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 128 234 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.61 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.78 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.81 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.61 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.23 #b17f15 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#4e80ea  rgb(78, 128, 234)  hsl(221, 79%, 61%)  Glaucous
#eab84e  rgb(234, 184, 78)  hsl(41, 79%, 61%)  Meat Brown
#ea4e80  rgb(234, 78, 128)  hsl(341, 79%, 61%)  French Rose
#80ea4e  rgb(128, 234, 78)  hsl(101, 79%, 61%)  Lawn Green