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#0874FE

#0874fe ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0874fe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.85% cyan, 54.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 213.66°, with 99.19% saturation and 51.37% 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 4.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 1.4.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.197

Complementary

  1. #0874fe
  2. #fe9208

Split complementary

  1. #0874fe
  2. #fe1708
  3. #effe08

Analogous

  1. #08effe
  2. #0874fe
  3. #1708fe

Triadic

  1. #0874fe
  2. #fe0874
  3. #74fe08

Tetradic

  1. #0874fe
  2. #9208fe
  3. #fe9208
  4. #74fe08

Square

  1. #0874fe
  2. #fe08ef
  3. #fe9208
  4. #08fe17

Monochromatic

  1. #00306d
  2. #0152b9
  3. #0874fe
  4. #549ffe
  5. #a0caff

Shades

#0874fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0874fe
  2. #0768e5
  3. #065dcb
  4. #0651b2
  5. #054698
  6. #043a7f
  7. #032e66
  8. #02234c
  9. #021733
  10. #010c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#0874fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0874fe
  2. #2182fe
  3. #3990fe
  4. #529efe
  5. #6bacfe
  6. #84baff
  7. #9cc7ff
  8. #b5d5ff
  9. #cee3ff
  10. #e6f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0874fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0874fe
  2. #1475f1
  3. #2076e5
  4. #2c78d8
  5. #3879cc
  6. #447abf
  7. #507bb2
  8. #5c7ca6
  9. #687e99
  10. #747f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6178be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #007fff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0072fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ad3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0874fe {
  color: #0874fe;
}
Background
.bg-0874fe {
  background-color: #0874fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0874fe {
  border: 2px solid #0874fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0874fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 116 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 99% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0874fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0874fe, #1708fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0874fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 116 254 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 1.40 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.74 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.26 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.31 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.41 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.04 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.47 #f78b01 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#0874fe  rgb(8, 116, 254)  hsl(214, 99%, 51%)  Brandeis Blue
#fe9208  rgb(254, 146, 8)  hsl(34, 99%, 51%)  Dark Orange
#fe0874  rgb(254, 8, 116)  hsl(334, 99%, 51%)  Rose
#74fe08  rgb(116, 254, 8)  hsl(94, 99%, 51%)  Lawn Green