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#116BEA

#116bea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#116bea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 41.96% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.74% cyan, 54.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 215.12°, with 86.45% saturation and 49.22% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.05.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1658

Complementary

  1. #116bea
  2. #ea9011

Split complementary

  1. #116bea
  2. #ea2411
  3. #d7ea11

Analogous

  1. #11d7ea
  2. #116bea
  3. #2411ea

Triadic

  1. #116bea
  2. #ea116b
  3. #6bea11

Tetradic

  1. #116bea
  2. #9011ea
  3. #ea9011
  4. #6bea11

Square

  1. #116bea
  2. #ea11d7
  3. #ea9011
  4. #11ea24

Monochromatic

  1. #072a5b
  2. #0c4aa3
  3. #116bea
  4. #5596f3
  5. #9cc2f8

Shades

#116bea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #116bea
  2. #0f60d3
  3. #0e56bb
  4. #0c4ba4
  5. #0a408c
  6. #093675
  7. #072b5e
  8. #052046
  9. #03152f
  10. #020b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#116bea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #116bea
  2. #297aec
  3. #4189ee
  4. #5897f0
  5. #70a6f2
  6. #88b5f5
  7. #a0c4f7
  8. #b8d3f9
  9. #cfe1fb
  10. #e7f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#116bea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #116bea
  2. #1c6ddf
  3. #276fd5
  4. #3271ca
  5. #3d73c0
  6. #4976b5
  7. #5478aa
  8. #5f7aa0
  9. #6a7c95
  10. #757e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5a6faf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007bee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0068e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ba0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0075ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0069e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007fc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-116bea {
  color: #116bea;
}
Background
.bg-116bea {
  background-color: #116bea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-116bea {
  border: 2px solid #116bea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #116bea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 107 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-116bea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #116bea, #2411ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-116bea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 107 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.05 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.34 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.91 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.52 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.60 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.15 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.74 #ee9415 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#116bea  rgb(17, 107, 234)  hsl(215, 86%, 49%)  Brandeis Blue
#ea9011  rgb(234, 144, 17)  hsl(35, 86%, 49%)  Carrot Orange
#ea116b  rgb(234, 17, 107)  hsl(335, 86%, 49%)  Razzmatazz
#6bea11  rgb(107, 234, 17)  hsl(95, 86%, 49%)  Lawn Green