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#0874EA

#0874ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0874ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 45.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.58% cyan, 50.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 211.33°, with 93.39% saturation and 47.45% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.23.

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Relative luminance0.1848

Complementary

  1. #0874ea
  2. #ea7e08

Split complementary

  1. #0874ea
  2. #ea0d08
  3. #e5ea08

Analogous

  1. #08e5ea
  2. #0874ea
  3. #0d08ea

Triadic

  1. #0874ea
  2. #ea0874
  3. #74ea08

Tetradic

  1. #0874ea
  2. #7e08ea
  3. #ea7e08
  4. #74ea08

Square

  1. #0874ea
  2. #ea08e5
  3. #ea7e08
  4. #08ea0d

Monochromatic

  1. #032b56
  2. #054fa0
  3. #0874ea
  4. #469bf9
  5. #90c3fb

Shades

#0874ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0874ea
  2. #0768d3
  3. #065dbb
  4. #0651a4
  5. #05468c
  6. #043a75
  7. #032e5e
  8. #022346
  9. #02172f
  10. #010c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#0874ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0874ea
  2. #2182ec
  3. #3990ee
  4. #529ef0
  5. #6bacf2
  6. #84baf5
  7. #9cc7f7
  8. #b5d5f9
  9. #cee3fb
  10. #e6f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0874ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0874ea
  2. #1475df
  3. #2076d5
  4. #2c78ca
  5. #3879c0
  6. #447ab5
  7. #507baa
  8. #5c7ca0
  9. #687e95
  10. #747f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e76b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2281ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006ee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1a7ced ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0071e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0874ea {
  color: #0874ea;
}
Background
.bg-0874ea {
  background-color: #0874ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0874ea {
  border: 2px solid #0874ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0874ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 116 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 93% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0874ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0874ea, #0d08ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0874ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 116 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.23 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.79 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.63 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.00 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.51 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.90 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.52 #f78b15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#0874ea  rgb(8, 116, 234)  hsl(211, 93%, 47%)  Brandeis Blue
#ea7e08  rgb(234, 126, 8)  hsl(31, 93%, 47%)  Tangerine
#ea0874  rgb(234, 8, 116)  hsl(331, 93%, 47%)  Razzmatazz
#74ea08  rgb(116, 234, 8)  hsl(91, 93%, 47%)  Lawn Green