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#0073EC

#0073ec ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0073ec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 45.1% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 51.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 210.76°, with 100% saturation and 46.27% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1832

Complementary

  1. #0073ec
  2. #ec7900

Split complementary

  1. #0073ec
  2. #ec0300
  3. #e9ec00

Analogous

  1. #00e9ec
  2. #0073ec
  3. #0300ec

Triadic

  1. #0073ec
  2. #ec0073
  3. #73ec00

Tetradic

  1. #0073ec
  2. #7900ec
  3. #ec7900
  4. #73ec00

Square

  1. #0073ec
  2. #ec00e9
  3. #ec7900
  4. #00ec03

Monochromatic

  1. #002853
  2. #004e9f
  3. #0073ec
  4. #399aff
  5. #86c1ff

Shades

#0073ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0073ec
  2. #0068d4
  3. #005cbd
  4. #0051a5
  5. #00458e
  6. #003a76
  7. #002e5e
  8. #002347
  9. #00172f
  10. #000c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#0073ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0073ec
  2. #1a81ee
  3. #338ff0
  4. #4d9df2
  5. #66abf4
  6. #80b9f6
  7. #99c7f7
  8. #b3d5f9
  9. #cce3fb
  10. #e6f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0073ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0073ec
  2. #0d74e1
  3. #1a76d6
  4. #2677cc
  5. #3378c1
  6. #407ab6
  7. #4d7bab
  8. #5a7ca0
  9. #667d96
  10. #737f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5d75b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1781f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #107bef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0070eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0073ec {
  color: #0073ec;
}
Background
.bg-0073ec {
  background-color: #0073ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0073ec {
  border: 2px solid #0073ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0073ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 115 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0073ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0073ec, #0300ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0073ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 115 236 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.92 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.98 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.97 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.72 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.67 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.19 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.19 #ff8c13 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#0073ec  rgb(0, 115, 236)  hsl(211, 100%, 46%)  Brandeis Blue
#ec7900  rgb(236, 121, 0)  hsl(31, 100%, 46%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec0073  rgb(236, 0, 115)  hsl(331, 100%, 46%)  Razzmatazz
#73ec00  rgb(115, 236, 0)  hsl(91, 100%, 46%)  Lawn Green