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#116EFF

#116eff ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#116eff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 43.14% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.33% cyan, 56.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 216.55°, with 100% saturation and 53.33% 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 0.88.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1849

Complementary

  1. #116eff
  2. #ffa211

Split complementary

  1. #116eff
  2. #ff2b11
  3. #e5ff11

Analogous

  1. #11e5ff
  2. #116eff
  3. #2b11ff

Triadic

  1. #116eff
  2. #ff116e
  3. #6eff11

Tetradic

  1. #116eff
  2. #a211ff
  3. #ffa211
  4. #6eff11

Square

  1. #116eff
  2. #ff11e5
  3. #ffa211
  4. #11ff2b

Monochromatic

  1. #002f77
  2. #004cc3
  3. #116eff
  4. #5d9dff
  5. #aacbff

Shades

#116eff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #116eff
  2. #0f63e6
  3. #0e58cc
  4. #0c4db3
  5. #0a4299
  6. #093780
  7. #072c66
  8. #05214d
  9. #031633
  10. #020b1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#116eff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #116eff
  2. #297dff
  3. #418bff
  4. #589aff
  5. #70a8ff
  6. #88b7ff
  7. #a0c5ff
  8. #b8d4ff
  9. #cfe2ff
  10. #e7f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#116eff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #116eff
  2. #1c70f2
  3. #2772e6
  4. #3273d9
  5. #3d75cc
  6. #4977c0
  7. #5479b3
  8. #5f7ba6
  9. #6a7c99
  10. #757e8d
  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 #5f74bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0082ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006dfc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #007aff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #006efd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-116eff {
  color: #116eff;
}
Background
.bg-116eff {
  background-color: #116eff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-116eff {
  border: 2px solid #116eff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #116eff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 110 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 100% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-116eff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #116eff, #2b11ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-116eff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 110 255 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 0.88 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.16 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.20 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.27 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.68 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.32 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.42 #ee9100 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#116eff  rgb(17, 110, 255)  hsl(217, 100%, 53%)  Brandeis Blue
#ffa211  rgb(255, 162, 17)  hsl(37, 100%, 53%)  Orange Peel
#ff116e  rgb(255, 17, 110)  hsl(337, 100%, 53%)  Rose
#6eff11  rgb(110, 255, 17)  hsl(97, 100%, 53%)  Lawn Green