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#2D74FB

#2d74fb ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2d74fb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 45.49% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.07% cyan, 53.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 219.32°, with 96.26% saturation and 58.04% 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 5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 1.66.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.2001

Complementary

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #fbb42d

Split complementary

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #fb4d2d
  3. #dbfb2d

Analogous

  1. #2ddbfb
  2. #2d74fb
  3. #4d2dfb

Triadic

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #fb2d74
  3. #74fb2d

Tetradic

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #b42dfb
  3. #fbb42d
  4. #74fb2d

Square

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #fb2ddb
  3. #fbb42d
  4. #2dfb4d

Monochromatic

  1. #03328c
  2. #044dd7
  3. #2d74fb
  4. #78a6fc
  5. #c3d7fe

Shades

#2d74fb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #2968e2
  3. #245dc9
  4. #2051b0
  5. #1b4697
  6. #173a7e
  7. #122e64
  8. #0e234b
  9. #091732
  10. #050c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#2d74fb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #4282fb
  3. #5790fc
  4. #6c9efc
  5. #81acfd
  6. #96bafd
  7. #abc7fd
  8. #c0d5fe
  9. #d5e3fe
  10. #eaf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2d74fb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2d74fb
  2. #3575ef
  3. #3e76e2
  4. #4678d6
  5. #4e79ca
  6. #577abe
  7. #5f7bb1
  8. #677ca5
  9. #6f7e99
  10. #787f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6579bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0f7ffe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0073f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2d74fb {
  color: #2d74fb;
}
Background
.bg-2d74fb {
  background-color: #2d74fb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2d74fb {
  border: 2px solid #2d74fb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2d74fb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 116 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 96% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2d74fb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2d74fb, #4d2dfb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2d74fb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 116 251 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 1.66 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.12 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.44 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.72 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.27 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.10 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.40 #d28b04 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#2d74fb  rgb(45, 116, 251)  hsl(219, 96%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#fbb42d  rgb(251, 180, 45)  hsl(39, 96%, 58%)  Pastel Orange
#fb2d74  rgb(251, 45, 116)  hsl(339, 96%, 58%)  Rose
#74fb2d  rgb(116, 251, 45)  hsl(99, 96%, 58%)  Lawn Green