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#3379EC

#3379ec ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3379ec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 47.45% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.39% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 217.3°, with 82.96% saturation and 56.27% 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 5.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.42.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.2043

Complementary

  1. #3379ec
  2. #eca633

Split complementary

  1. #3379ec
  2. #ec4933
  3. #d5ec33

Analogous

  1. #33d5ec
  2. #3379ec
  3. #4933ec

Triadic

  1. #3379ec
  2. #ec3379
  3. #79ec33

Tetradic

  1. #3379ec
  2. #a633ec
  3. #eca633
  4. #79ec33

Square

  1. #3379ec
  2. #ec33d5
  3. #eca633
  4. #33ec49

Monochromatic

  1. #0b357b
  2. #1254c1
  3. #3379ec
  4. #79a7f3
  5. #bfd5f9

Shades

#3379ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3379ec
  2. #2e6dd4
  3. #2961bd
  4. #2455a5
  5. #1f498e
  6. #1a3d76
  7. #14305e
  8. #0f2447
  9. #0a182f
  10. #050c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#3379ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3379ec
  2. #4786ee
  3. #5c94f0
  4. #70a1f2
  5. #85aff4
  6. #99bcf6
  7. #adc9f7
  8. #c2d7f9
  9. #d6e4fb
  10. #ebf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3379ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3379ec
  2. #3b7ae1
  3. #427ad6
  4. #4a7bcc
  5. #527cc1
  6. #5a7db6
  7. #617dab
  8. #697ea0
  9. #717f96
  10. #787f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #677bb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3486f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3481ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0e77eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ac6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3379ec {
  color: #3379ec;
}
Background
.bg-3379ec {
  background-color: #3379ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3379ec {
  border: 2px solid #3379ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3379ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 121 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 83% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3379ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3379ec, #4933ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3379ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 121 236 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.42 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.65 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.82 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.34 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.23 #cc8613 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3379ec  rgb(51, 121, 236)  hsl(217, 83%, 56%)  Brandeis Blue
#eca633  rgb(236, 166, 51)  hsl(37, 83%, 56%)  Marigold
#ec3379  rgb(236, 51, 121)  hsl(337, 83%, 56%)  Rose
#79ec33  rgb(121, 236, 51)  hsl(97, 83%, 56%)  Lawn Green