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#166EFE

#166efe ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#166efe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 43.14% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.34% cyan, 56.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 217.24°, with 99.15% saturation and 54.12% 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 0.94.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1848

Complementary

  1. #166efe
  2. #fea616

Split complementary

  1. #166efe
  2. #fe3216
  3. #e2fe16

Analogous

  1. #16e2fe
  2. #166efe
  3. #3216fe

Triadic

  1. #166efe
  2. #fe166e
  3. #6efe16

Tetradic

  1. #166efe
  2. #a616fe
  3. #fea616
  4. #6efe16

Square

  1. #166efe
  2. #fe16e2
  3. #fea616
  4. #16fe32

Monochromatic

  1. #012f7a
  2. #014cc7
  3. #166efe
  4. #629dfe
  5. #aecdff

Shades

#166efe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #166efe
  2. #1463e5
  3. #1258cb
  4. #0f4db2
  5. #0d4298
  6. #0b377f
  7. #092c66
  8. #07214c
  9. #041633
  10. #020b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#166efe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #166efe
  2. #2d7dfe
  3. #458bfe
  4. #5c9afe
  5. #73a8fe
  6. #8bb7ff
  7. #a2c5ff
  8. #b9d4ff
  9. #d0e2ff
  10. #e8f1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#166efe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #166efe
  2. #2170f1
  3. #2b72e5
  4. #3673d8
  5. #4075cc
  6. #4b77bf
  7. #5679b2
  8. #607ba6
  9. #6b7c99
  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 #006dfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #007aff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #006efc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-166efe {
  color: #166efe;
}
Background
.bg-166efe {
  background-color: #166efe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-166efe {
  border: 2px solid #166efe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #166efe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 110 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 99% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-166efe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #166efe, #3216fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-166efe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 110 254 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 0.94 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.05 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.12 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.27 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.32 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.37 #e99101 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#166efe  rgb(22, 110, 254)  hsl(217, 99%, 54%)  Brandeis Blue
#fea616  rgb(254, 166, 22)  hsl(37, 99%, 54%)  Orange
#fe166e  rgb(254, 22, 110)  hsl(337, 99%, 54%)  Rose
#6efe16  rgb(110, 254, 22)  hsl(97, 99%, 54%)  Lawn Green