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#1473EA

#1473ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1473ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 45.1% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.45% cyan, 50.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 213.36°, with 84.25% saturation and 49.8% 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 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.81.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1835

Complementary

  1. #1473ea
  2. #ea8b14

Split complementary

  1. #1473ea
  2. #ea2014
  3. #deea14

Analogous

  1. #14deea
  2. #1473ea
  3. #2014ea

Triadic

  1. #1473ea
  2. #ea1473
  3. #73ea14

Tetradic

  1. #1473ea
  2. #8b14ea
  3. #ea8b14
  4. #73ea14

Square

  1. #1473ea
  2. #ea14de
  3. #ea8b14
  4. #14ea20

Monochromatic

  1. #082e5d
  2. #0e50a4
  3. #1473ea
  4. #5a9df1
  5. #a0c7f7

Shades

#1473ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1473ea
  2. #1268d3
  3. #105cbb
  4. #0e51a4
  5. #0c458c
  6. #0a3a75
  7. #082e5e
  8. #062346
  9. #04172f
  10. #020c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1473ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1473ea
  2. #2c81ec
  3. #438fee
  4. #5b9df0
  5. #72abf2
  6. #8ab9f5
  7. #a1c7f7
  8. #b9d5f9
  9. #d0e3fb
  10. #e8f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1473ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1473ea
  2. #1f74df
  3. #2a76d5
  4. #3477ca
  5. #3f78c0
  6. #4a7ab5
  7. #557baa
  8. #607ca0
  9. #6a7d95
  10. #757f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e75b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1e80ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006ee8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0090a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1a7bed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0070e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1473ea {
  color: #1473ea;
}
Background
.bg-1473ea {
  background-color: #1473ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1473ea {
  border: 2px solid #1473ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1473ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 115 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1473ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1473ea, #2014ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1473ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 115 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.81 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.13 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.93 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.41 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.82 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.19 #eb8c15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#1473ea  rgb(20, 115, 234)  hsl(213, 84%, 50%)  Brandeis Blue
#ea8b14  rgb(234, 139, 20)  hsl(33, 84%, 50%)  Carrot Orange
#ea1473  rgb(234, 20, 115)  hsl(333, 84%, 50%)  Razzmatazz
#73ea14  rgb(115, 234, 20)  hsl(93, 84%, 50%)  Lawn Green