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#147AFE

#147afe ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#147afe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 47.84% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.13% cyan, 51.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 213.85°, with 99.15% saturation and 53.73% 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 5.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.48.

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Relative luminance0.2122

Complementary

  1. #147afe
  2. #fe9814

Split complementary

  1. #147afe
  2. #fe2314
  3. #effe14

Analogous

  1. #14effe
  2. #147afe
  3. #2314fe

Triadic

  1. #147afe
  2. #fe147a
  3. #7afe14

Tetradic

  1. #147afe
  2. #9814fe
  3. #fe9814
  4. #7afe14

Square

  1. #147afe
  2. #fe14ef
  3. #fe9814
  4. #14fe23

Monochromatic

  1. #013579
  2. #0156c5
  3. #147afe
  4. #60a5fe
  5. #acd0ff

Shades

#147afe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #147afe
  2. #126ee5
  3. #1062cb
  4. #0e55b2
  5. #0c4998
  6. #0a3d7f
  7. #083166
  8. #06254c
  9. #041833
  10. #020c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#147afe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #147afe
  2. #2c87fe
  3. #4395fe
  4. #5ba2fe
  5. #72affe
  6. #8abdff
  7. #a1caff
  8. #b9d7ff
  9. #d0e4ff
  10. #e8f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#147afe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #147afe
  2. #1f7bf1
  3. #2a7be5
  4. #347cd8
  5. #3f7ccc
  6. #4a7dbf
  7. #557eb2
  8. #607ea6
  9. #6a7f99
  10. #757f8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #098aff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009bb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0e84ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0077fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-147afe {
  color: #147afe;
}
Background
.bg-147afe {
  background-color: #147afe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-147afe {
  border: 2px solid #147afe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #147afe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 122 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 99% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-147afe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #147afe, #2314fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-147afe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 122 254 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.48 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.72 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.82 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.29 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.67 #eb8501 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#147afe  rgb(20, 122, 254)  hsl(214, 99%, 54%)  Brandeis Blue
#fe9814  rgb(254, 152, 20)  hsl(34, 99%, 54%)  Orange Peel
#fe147a  rgb(254, 20, 122)  hsl(334, 99%, 54%)  Rose
#7afe14  rgb(122, 254, 20)  hsl(94, 99%, 54%)  Lawn Green