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#1977EA

#1977ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1977ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 46.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.32% cyan, 49.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 213.01°, with 83.27% saturation and 50.78% 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 3.61.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1934

Complementary

  1. #1977ea
  2. #ea8c19

Split complementary

  1. #1977ea
  2. #ea2319
  3. #e0ea19

Analogous

  1. #19e0ea
  2. #1977ea
  3. #2319ea

Triadic

  1. #1977ea
  2. #ea1977
  3. #77ea19

Tetradic

  1. #1977ea
  2. #8c19ea
  3. #ea8c19
  4. #77ea19

Square

  1. #1977ea
  2. #ea19e0
  3. #ea8c19
  4. #19ea23

Monochromatic

  1. #093161
  2. #0f54a7
  3. #1977ea
  4. #5fa0f0
  5. #a5caf7

Shades

#1977ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1977ea
  2. #176bd3
  3. #145fbb
  4. #1253a4
  5. #0f478c
  6. #0d3c75
  7. #0a305e
  8. #082446
  9. #05182f
  10. #030c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1977ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1977ea
  2. #3085ec
  3. #4792ee
  4. #5ea0f0
  5. #75adf2
  6. #8cbbf5
  7. #a3c9f7
  8. #bad6f9
  9. #d1e4fb
  10. #e8f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1977ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1977ea
  2. #2378df
  3. #2e79d5
  4. #387aca
  5. #427bc0
  6. #4d7cb5
  7. #577caa
  8. #617da0
  9. #6b7e95
  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 #6179b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2e83ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #277fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0074e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1977ea {
  color: #1977ea;
}
Background
.bg-1977ea {
  background-color: #1977ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1977ea {
  border: 2px solid #1977ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1977ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 119 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1977ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1977ea, #2319ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1977ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 119 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.61 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.14 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.20 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.38 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.62 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.37 #e68815 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#1977ea  rgb(25, 119, 234)  hsl(213, 83%, 51%)  Brandeis Blue
#ea8c19  rgb(234, 140, 25)  hsl(33, 83%, 51%)  Carrot Orange
#ea1977  rgb(234, 25, 119)  hsl(333, 83%, 51%)  Razzmatazz
#77ea19  rgb(119, 234, 25)  hsl(93, 83%, 51%)  Lawn Green