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#2575EA

#2575ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2575ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 45.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.19% cyan, 50% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 215.63°, with 82.43% saturation and 53.14% 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 4.81:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.76.

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Relative luminance0.1906

Complementary

  1. #2575ea
  2. #ea9a25

Split complementary

  1. #2575ea
  2. #ea3725
  3. #d8ea25

Analogous

  1. #25d8ea
  2. #2575ea
  3. #3725ea

Triadic

  1. #2575ea
  2. #ea2575
  3. #75ea25

Tetradic

  1. #2575ea
  2. #9a25ea
  3. #ea9a25
  4. #75ea25

Square

  1. #2575ea
  2. #ea25d8
  3. #ea9a25
  4. #25ea37

Monochromatic

  1. #0a326c
  2. #1152b1
  3. #2575ea
  4. #6ba1f1
  5. #b1cdf7

Shades

#2575ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2575ea
  2. #2169d3
  3. #1e5ebb
  4. #1a52a4
  5. #16468c
  6. #133b75
  7. #0f2f5e
  8. #0b2346
  9. #07172f
  10. #040c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#2575ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2575ea
  2. #3b83ec
  3. #5191ee
  4. #669ef0
  5. #7cacf2
  6. #92baf5
  7. #a8c8f7
  8. #bed6f9
  9. #d3e3fb
  10. #e9f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2575ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2575ea
  2. #2e76df
  3. #3777d5
  4. #4078ca
  5. #4979c0
  6. #537bb5
  7. #5c7caa
  8. #657da0
  9. #6e7e95
  10. #777f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6277b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2882ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0092a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #277ded ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0072e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2575ea {
  color: #2575ea;
}
Background
.bg-2575ea {
  background-color: #2575ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2575ea {
  border: 2px solid #2575ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2575ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 117 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 82% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2575ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2575ea, #3725ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2575ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 117 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.76 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.71 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.71 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.50 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.91 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.95 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.39 #da8a15 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#2575ea  rgb(37, 117, 234)  hsl(216, 82%, 53%)  Brandeis Blue
#ea9a25  rgb(234, 154, 37)  hsl(36, 82%, 53%)  Gamboge
#ea2575  rgb(234, 37, 117)  hsl(336, 82%, 53%)  Razzmatazz
#75ea25  rgb(117, 234, 37)  hsl(96, 82%, 53%)  Lawn Green