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#237AEE

#237aee ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#237aee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 47.84% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.29% cyan, 48.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 214.29°, with 85.65% saturation and 53.53% 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 5.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.93.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.2045

Complementary

  1. #237aee
  2. #ee9723

Split complementary

  1. #237aee
  2. #ee3223
  3. #dfee23

Analogous

  1. #23dfee
  2. #237aee
  3. #3223ee

Triadic

  1. #237aee
  2. #ee237a
  3. #7aee23

Tetradic

  1. #237aee
  2. #9723ee
  3. #ee9723
  4. #7aee23

Square

  1. #237aee
  2. #ee23df
  3. #ee9723
  4. #23ee32

Monochromatic

  1. #09356f
  2. #0e56b6
  3. #237aee
  4. #6aa5f3
  5. #b1d0f9

Shades

#237aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #237aee
  2. #206ed6
  3. #1c62be
  4. #1955a7
  5. #15498f
  6. #123d77
  7. #0e315f
  8. #0b2547
  9. #071830
  10. #040c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#237aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #237aee
  2. #3987f0
  3. #4f95f1
  4. #65a2f3
  5. #7baff5
  6. #91bdf7
  7. #a7caf8
  8. #bdd7fa
  9. #d3e4fc
  10. #e9f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#237aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #237aee
  2. #2c7be3
  3. #367bd8
  4. #3f7ccd
  5. #487cc2
  6. #527db7
  7. #5b7eac
  8. #647ea1
  9. #6d7f96
  10. #777f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657cb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3286f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2d82f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0077ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008cc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-237aee {
  color: #237aee;
}
Background
.bg-237aee {
  background-color: #237aee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-237aee {
  border: 2px solid #237aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #237aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 122 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-237aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #237aee, #3223ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-237aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 122 238 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.93 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.28 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.25 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.48 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.05 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.25 #dc8511 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#237aee  rgb(35, 122, 238)  hsl(214, 86%, 54%)  Brandeis Blue
#ee9723  rgb(238, 151, 35)  hsl(34, 86%, 54%)  Carrot Orange
#ee237a  rgb(238, 35, 122)  hsl(334, 86%, 54%)  Rose
#7aee23  rgb(122, 238, 35)  hsl(94, 86%, 54%)  Lawn Green