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#177DFD

#177dfd ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#177dfd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 49.02% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.91% cyan, 50.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 213.39°, with 98.29% 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 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.2194

Complementary

  1. #177dfd
  2. #fd9717

Split complementary

  1. #177dfd
  2. #fd2417
  3. #f0fd17

Analogous

  1. #17f0fd
  2. #177dfd
  3. #2417fd

Triadic

  1. #177dfd
  2. #fd177d
  3. #7dfd17

Tetradic

  1. #177dfd
  2. #9717fd
  3. #fd9717
  4. #7dfd17

Square

  1. #177dfd
  2. #fd17f0
  3. #fd9717
  4. #17fd24

Monochromatic

  1. #01377a
  2. #0259c6
  3. #177dfd
  4. #63a8fe
  5. #afd2fe

Shades

#177dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #177dfd
  2. #1571e4
  3. #1264ca
  4. #1058b1
  5. #0e4b98
  6. #0c3f7f
  7. #093265
  8. #07264c
  9. #051933
  10. #020d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#177dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #177dfd
  2. #2e8afd
  3. #4597fd
  4. #5da4fe
  5. #74b1fe
  6. #8bbefe
  7. #a2cbfe
  8. #b9d8fe
  9. #d1e5ff
  10. #e8f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#177dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #177dfd
  2. #227df1
  3. #2c7ee4
  4. #377ed8
  5. #417ecb
  6. #4c7fbf
  7. #567fb2
  8. #617fa6
  9. #6b7f99
  10. #76808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #677fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #228bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009db1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1e86ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #007afc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-177dfd {
  color: #177dfd;
}
Background
.bg-177dfd {
  background-color: #177dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-177dfd {
  border: 2px solid #177dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #177dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 125 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 98% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-177dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #177dfd, #2417fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-177dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 125 253 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.54 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.61 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.98 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.02 #e88202 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#177dfd  rgb(23, 125, 253)  hsl(213, 98%, 54%)  Brandeis Blue
#fd9717  rgb(253, 151, 23)  hsl(33, 98%, 54%)  Carrot Orange
#fd177d  rgb(253, 23, 125)  hsl(333, 98%, 54%)  Rose
#7dfd17  rgb(125, 253, 23)  hsl(93, 98%, 54%)  Lawn Green