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#2D79EA

#2d79ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2d79ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 47.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.77% cyan, 48.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 215.87°, with 81.82% saturation and 54.71% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.65.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Relative luminance0.2017

Complementary

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #ea9e2d

Split complementary

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #ea402d
  3. #d8ea2d

Analogous

  1. #2dd8ea
  2. #2d79ea
  3. #402dea

Triadic

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #ea2d79
  3. #79ea2d

Tetradic

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #9e2dea
  3. #ea9e2d
  4. #79ea2d

Square

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #ea2dd8
  3. #ea9e2d
  4. #2dea40

Monochromatic

  1. #0b3573
  2. #1255b8
  3. #2d79ea
  4. #73a5f1
  5. #b8d2f8

Shades

#2d79ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #296dd3
  3. #2461bb
  4. #2055a4
  5. #1b498c
  6. #173d75
  7. #12305e
  8. #0e2446
  9. #09182f
  10. #050c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#2d79ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #4286ec
  3. #5794ee
  4. #6ca1f0
  5. #81aff2
  6. #96bcf5
  7. #abc9f7
  8. #c0d7f9
  9. #d5e4fb
  10. #eaf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2d79ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2d79ea
  2. #357adf
  3. #3e7ad5
  4. #467bca
  5. #4e7cc0
  6. #577db5
  7. #5f7daa
  8. #677ea0
  9. #6f7f95
  10. #787f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #667bb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3685ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0094a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3380ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0876e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2d79ea {
  color: #2d79ea;
}
Background
.bg-2d79ea {
  background-color: #2d79ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2d79ea {
  border: 2px solid #2d79ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2d79ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 121 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 82% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2d79ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2d79ea, #402dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2d79ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 121 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.65 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.22 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.21 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.37 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.60 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.74 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.98 #d28615 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#2d79ea  rgb(45, 121, 234)  hsl(216, 82%, 55%)  Brandeis Blue
#ea9e2d  rgb(234, 158, 45)  hsl(36, 82%, 55%)  Marigold
#ea2d79  rgb(234, 45, 121)  hsl(336, 82%, 55%)  Razzmatazz
#79ea2d  rgb(121, 234, 45)  hsl(96, 82%, 55%)  Lawn Green