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#3371EA

#3371ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3371ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 44.31% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.21% cyan, 51.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 219.67°, with 81.33% saturation and 55.88% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.16.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.1845

Complementary

  1. #3371ea
  2. #eaac33

Split complementary

  1. #3371ea
  2. #ea5033
  3. #cdea33

Analogous

  1. #33cdea
  2. #3371ea
  3. #5033ea

Triadic

  1. #3371ea
  2. #ea3371
  3. #71ea33

Tetradic

  1. #3371ea
  2. #ac33ea
  3. #eaac33
  4. #71ea33

Square

  1. #3371ea
  2. #ea33cd
  3. #eaac33
  4. #33ea50

Monochromatic

  1. #0c3178
  2. #134dbd
  3. #3371ea
  4. #78a1f1
  5. #bed2f8

Shades

#3371ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3371ea
  2. #2e66d3
  3. #295abb
  4. #244fa4
  5. #1f448c
  6. #1a3975
  7. #142d5e
  8. #0f2246
  9. #0a172f
  10. #050b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#3371ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3371ea
  2. #477fec
  3. #5c8dee
  4. #709cf0
  5. #85aaf2
  6. #99b8f5
  7. #adc6f7
  8. #c2d4f9
  9. #d6e3fb
  10. #ebf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3371ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3371ea
  2. #3b73df
  3. #4274d5
  4. #4a76ca
  5. #5277c0
  6. #5a79b5
  7. #617aaa
  8. #697ca0
  9. #717d95
  10. #787f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6375b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1a80ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006fe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008ea3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #267aed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0070e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3371ea {
  color: #3371ea;
}
Background
.bg-3371ea {
  background-color: #3371ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3371ea {
  border: 2px solid #3371ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3371ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 113 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3371ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3371ea, #5033ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3371ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 113 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.16 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.49 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.87 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.02 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.12 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.81 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.21 #cc8e15 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3371ea  rgb(51, 113, 234)  hsl(220, 81%, 56%)  Brandeis Blue
#eaac33  rgb(234, 172, 51)  hsl(40, 81%, 56%)  Marigold
#ea3371  rgb(234, 51, 113)  hsl(340, 81%, 56%)  Razzmatazz
#71ea33  rgb(113, 234, 51)  hsl(100, 81%, 56%)  Lawn Green