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#2F73FE

#2f73fe ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2f73fe is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 45.1% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.5% cyan, 54.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 220.29°, with 99.04% saturation and 59.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. 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 1.75.

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Relative luminance0.2002

Complementary

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #feba2f

Split complementary

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #fe532f
  3. #dafe2f

Analogous

  1. #2fdafe
  2. #2f73fe
  3. #532ffe

Triadic

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #fe2f73
  3. #73fe2f

Tetradic

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #ba2ffe
  3. #feba2f
  4. #73fe2f

Square

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #fe2fda
  3. #feba2f
  4. #2ffe53

Monochromatic

  1. #013193
  2. #014adf
  3. #2f73fe
  4. #7ba6fe
  5. #c7d9ff

Shades

#2f73fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #2a68e5
  3. #265ccb
  4. #2151b2
  5. #1c4598
  6. #183a7f
  7. #132e66
  8. #0e234c
  9. #091733
  10. #050c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f73fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #4481fe
  3. #598ffe
  4. #6d9dfe
  5. #82abfe
  6. #97b9ff
  7. #acc7ff
  8. #c1d5ff
  9. #d5e3ff
  10. #eaf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f73fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f73fe
  2. #3774f1
  3. #3f76e5
  4. #4777d8
  5. #4f78cc
  6. #587abf
  7. #607bb2
  8. #687ca6
  9. #707d99
  10. #787f8d
  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 #6678be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #017eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0073fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f73fe {
  color: #2f73fe;
}
Background
.bg-2f73fe {
  background-color: #2f73fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2f73fe {
  border: 2px solid #2f73fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f73fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 115 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 99% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f73fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f73fe, #532ffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f73fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 115 254 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 1.75 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.98 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.00 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.26 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.80 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.39 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.83 #d08c01 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#2f73fe  rgb(47, 115, 254)  hsl(220, 99%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#feba2f  rgb(254, 186, 47)  hsl(40, 99%, 59%)  Amber
#fe2f73  rgb(254, 47, 115)  hsl(340, 99%, 59%)  Rose
#73fe2f  rgb(115, 254, 47)  hsl(100, 99%, 59%)  Lawn Green