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#2575EE

#2575ee ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2575ee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.45% cyan, 50.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 216.12°, with 85.53% saturation and 53.92% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.38.

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Relative luminance0.1929

Complementary

  1. #2575ee
  2. #ee9e25

Split complementary

  1. #2575ee
  2. #ee3925
  3. #d9ee25

Analogous

  1. #25d9ee
  2. #2575ee
  3. #3925ee

Triadic

  1. #2575ee
  2. #ee2575
  3. #75ee25

Tetradic

  1. #2575ee
  2. #9e25ee
  3. #ee9e25
  4. #75ee25

Square

  1. #2575ee
  2. #ee25d9
  3. #ee9e25
  4. #25ee39

Monochromatic

  1. #093271
  2. #0e52b8
  3. #2575ee
  4. #6ca2f4
  5. #b3cff9

Shades

#2575ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2575ee
  2. #2169d6
  3. #1e5ebe
  4. #1a52a7
  5. #16468f
  6. #133b77
  7. #0f2f5f
  8. #0b2347
  9. #071730
  10. #040c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#2575ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2575ee
  2. #3b83f0
  3. #5191f1
  4. #669ef3
  5. #7cacf5
  6. #92baf7
  7. #a8c8f8
  8. #bed6fa
  9. #d3e3fc
  10. #e9f1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2575ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2575ee
  2. #2e76e3
  3. #3777d8
  4. #4078cd
  5. #4979c2
  6. #537bb7
  7. #5c7cac
  8. #657da1
  9. #6e7e96
  10. #777f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6278b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #2183f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #227ef1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0073ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2575ee {
  color: #2575ee;
}
Background
.bg-2575ee {
  background-color: #2575ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2575ee {
  border: 2px solid #2575ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2575ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 117 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2575ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2575ee, #3925ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2575ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 117 238 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.38 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.07 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.20 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.42 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.64 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.19 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.51 #da8a11 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#2575ee  rgb(37, 117, 238)  hsl(216, 86%, 54%)  Brandeis Blue
#ee9e25  rgb(238, 158, 37)  hsl(36, 86%, 54%)  Marigold
#ee2575  rgb(238, 37, 117)  hsl(336, 86%, 54%)  Razzmatazz
#75ee25  rgb(117, 238, 37)  hsl(96, 86%, 54%)  Lawn Green