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#1976EE

#1976ee ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1976ee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 46.27% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.5% cyan, 50.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 213.8°, with 86.23% saturation and 51.57% 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 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.93.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1934

Complementary

  1. #1976ee
  2. #ee9119

Split complementary

  1. #1976ee
  2. #ee2719
  3. #e1ee19

Analogous

  1. #19e1ee
  2. #1976ee
  3. #2719ee

Triadic

  1. #1976ee
  2. #ee1976
  3. #76ee19

Tetradic

  1. #1976ee
  2. #9119ee
  3. #ee9119
  4. #76ee19

Square

  1. #1976ee
  2. #ee19e1
  3. #ee9119
  4. #19ee27

Monochromatic

  1. #083166
  2. #0d53ae
  3. #1976ee
  4. #60a0f3
  5. #a7cbf9

Shades

#1976ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1976ee
  2. #176ad6
  3. #145ebe
  4. #1253a7
  5. #0f478f
  6. #0d3b77
  7. #0a2f5f
  8. #082347
  9. #051830
  10. #030c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#1976ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1976ee
  2. #3084f0
  3. #4791f1
  4. #5e9ff3
  5. #75adf5
  6. #8cbbf7
  7. #a3c8f8
  8. #bad6fa
  9. #d1e4fc
  10. #e8f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1976ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1976ee
  2. #2377e3
  3. #2e78d8
  4. #3879cd
  5. #427ac2
  6. #4d7bb7
  7. #577cac
  8. #617da1
  9. #6b7e96
  10. #767f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6178b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2383f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0094a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #207ef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0073ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1976ee {
  color: #1976ee;
}
Background
.bg-1976ee {
  background-color: #1976ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1976ee {
  border: 2px solid #1976ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1976ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 118 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 86% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1976ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1976ee, #2719ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1976ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 118 238 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.93 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.67 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.68 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.14 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.82 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.37 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.43 #e68911 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#1976ee  rgb(25, 118, 238)  hsl(214, 86%, 52%)  Brandeis Blue
#ee9119  rgb(238, 145, 25)  hsl(34, 86%, 52%)  Carrot Orange
#ee1976  rgb(238, 25, 118)  hsl(334, 86%, 52%)  Razzmatazz
#76ee19  rgb(118, 238, 25)  hsl(94, 86%, 52%)  Lawn Green