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#4E87CD

#4e87cd ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e87cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 52.94% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.95% cyan, 34.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 213.07°, 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 5.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 3.56.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2336

Complementary

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #cd944e

Split complementary

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #cd544e
  3. #c7cd4e

Analogous

  1. #4ec7cd
  2. #4e87cd
  3. #544ecd

Triadic

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #cd4e87
  3. #87cd4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #944ecd
  3. #cd944e
  4. #87cd4e

Square

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #cd4ec7
  3. #cd944e
  4. #4ecd54

Monochromatic

  1. #1d3d65
  2. #2d61a1
  3. #4e87cd
  4. #8aafde
  5. #c5d8ef

Shades

#4e87cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #467ab9
  3. #3e6ca4
  4. #375f90
  5. #2f517b
  6. #274467
  7. #1f3652
  8. #17293e
  9. #101b29
  10. #080e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e87cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #6093d2
  3. #719fd7
  4. #83abdc
  5. #95b7e1
  6. #a7c3e6
  7. #b8cfeb
  8. #cadbf0
  9. #dce7f5
  10. #edf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e87cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e87cd
  2. #5386c5
  3. #5886be
  4. #5d85b6
  5. #6284ae
  6. #6784a7
  7. #6c839f
  8. #718297
  9. #76818f
  10. #7b8188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7386a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #698bd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #587fcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f8acf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5482cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1b91b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e87cd {
  color: #4e87cd;
}
Background
.bg-4e87cd {
  background-color: #4e87cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e87cd {
  border: 2px solid #4e87cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e87cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 135 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e87cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e87cd, #544ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e87cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 135 205 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.56 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.19 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.50 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.51 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.22 #b17832 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#4e87cd  rgb(78, 135, 205)  hsl(213, 56%, 55%)  Bleu de France
#cd944e  rgb(205, 148, 78)  hsl(33, 56%, 55%)  Peru
#cd4e87  rgb(205, 78, 135)  hsl(333, 56%, 55%)  Mulberry
#87cd4e  rgb(135, 205, 78)  hsl(93, 56%, 55%)  Yellow Green