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#3573FA

#3573fa ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3573fa is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 45.1% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.8% cyan, 54% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 221.12°, with 95.17% saturation and 59.41% 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 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 1.91.

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Relative luminance0.1992

Complementary

  1. #3573fa
  2. #fabc35

Split complementary

  1. #3573fa
  2. #fa5a35
  3. #d5fa35

Analogous

  1. #35d5fa
  2. #3573fa
  3. #5a35fa

Triadic

  1. #3573fa
  2. #fa3573
  3. #73fa35

Tetradic

  1. #3573fa
  2. #bc35fa
  3. #fabc35
  4. #73fa35

Square

  1. #3573fa
  2. #fa35d5
  3. #fabc35
  4. #35fa5a

Monochromatic

  1. #043192
  2. #0549dd
  3. #3573fa
  4. #80a7fc
  5. #cadafe

Shades

#3573fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3573fa
  2. #3068e1
  3. #2a5cc8
  4. #2551af
  5. #204596
  6. #1b3a7d
  7. #152e64
  8. #10234b
  9. #0b1732
  10. #050c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#3573fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3573fa
  2. #4981fb
  3. #5d8ffb
  4. #729dfc
  5. #86abfc
  6. #9ab9fd
  7. #aec7fd
  8. #c2d5fe
  9. #d7e3fe
  10. #ebf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3573fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3573fa
  2. #3d74ee
  3. #4476e2
  4. #4c77d5
  5. #5378c9
  6. #5b7abd
  7. #627bb1
  8. #6a7ca5
  9. #717d98
  10. #797f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6678bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0085ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0094ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #167efd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0073f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3573fa {
  color: #3573fa;
}
Background
.bg-3573fa {
  background-color: #3573fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3573fa {
  border: 2px solid #3573fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3573fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 115 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 95% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3573fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3573fa, #5a35fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3573fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 115 250 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 1.91 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.67 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.83 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.13 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.73 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.15 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.77 #ca8c05 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3573fa  rgb(53, 115, 250)  hsl(221, 95%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#fabc35  rgb(250, 188, 53)  hsl(41, 95%, 59%)  Amber
#fa3573  rgb(250, 53, 115)  hsl(341, 95%, 59%)  Rose
#73fa35  rgb(115, 250, 53)  hsl(101, 95%, 59%)  Lawn Green