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#4E8DCD

#4e8dcd ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4e8dcd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 55.29% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.95% cyan, 31.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 210.24°, 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 6.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.56.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2508

Complementary

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #cd8e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #cd4f4e
  3. #cccd4e

Analogous

  1. #4ecccd
  2. #4e8dcd
  3. #4f4ecd

Triadic

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #cd4e8d
  3. #8dcd4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #8e4ecd
  3. #cd8e4e
  4. #8dcd4e

Square

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #cd4ecc
  3. #cd8e4e
  4. #4ecd4f

Monochromatic

  1. #1d4165
  2. #2d67a1
  3. #4e8dcd
  4. #8ab3de
  5. #c5daef

Shades

#4e8dcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #467fb9
  3. #3e71a4
  4. #376390
  5. #2f557b
  6. #274767
  7. #1f3852
  8. #172a3e
  9. #101c29
  10. #080e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8dcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #6098d2
  3. #71a4d7
  4. #83afdc
  5. #95bbe1
  6. #a7c6e6
  7. #b8d1eb
  8. #caddf0
  9. #dce8f5
  10. #edf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8dcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8dcd
  2. #538cc5
  3. #588abe
  4. #5d89b6
  5. #6288ae
  6. #6787a7
  7. #6c859f
  8. #718497
  9. #76838f
  10. #7b8188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #768ba9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7290d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6084cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ca4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #658fcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a87cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1a96b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8dcd {
  color: #4e8dcd;
}
Background
.bg-4e8dcd {
  background-color: #4e8dcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8dcd {
  border: 2px solid #4e8dcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8dcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 141 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 56% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8dcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8dcd, #4f4ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8dcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 141 205 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.56 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.36 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.80 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.69 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.73 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.13 #b17232 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#4e8dcd  rgb(78, 141, 205)  hsl(210, 56%, 55%)  Bleu de France
#cd8e4e  rgb(205, 142, 78)  hsl(30, 56%, 55%)  Peru
#cd4e8d  rgb(205, 78, 141)  hsl(330, 56%, 55%)  Mulberry
#8dcd4e  rgb(141, 205, 78)  hsl(90, 56%, 55%)  Yellow Green