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#3579EC

#3579ec ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3579ec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 47.45% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.54% cyan, 48.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 217.7°, with 82.81% saturation and 56.67% 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 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.41.

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Relative luminance0.2049

Complementary

  1. #3579ec
  2. #eca835

Split complementary

  1. #3579ec
  2. #ec4c35
  3. #d5ec35

Analogous

  1. #35d5ec
  2. #3579ec
  3. #4c35ec

Triadic

  1. #3579ec
  2. #ec3579
  3. #79ec35

Tetradic

  1. #3579ec
  2. #a835ec
  3. #eca835
  4. #79ec35

Square

  1. #3579ec
  2. #ec35d5
  3. #eca835
  4. #35ec4c

Monochromatic

  1. #0c367c
  2. #1254c2
  3. #3579ec
  4. #7ba7f3
  5. #c1d6f9

Shades

#3579ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3579ec
  2. #306dd4
  3. #2a61bd
  4. #2555a5
  5. #20498e
  6. #1b3d76
  7. #15305e
  8. #102447
  9. #0b182f
  10. #050c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#3579ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3579ec
  2. #4986ee
  3. #5d94f0
  4. #72a1f2
  5. #86aff4
  6. #9abcf6
  7. #aec9f7
  8. #c2d7f9
  9. #d7e4fb
  10. #ebf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3579ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3579ec
  2. #3d7ae1
  3. #447ad6
  4. #4c7bcc
  5. #537cc1
  6. #5b7db6
  7. #627dab
  8. #6a7ea0
  9. #717f96
  10. #797f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #687bb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3486f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3581ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1277eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ac6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3579ec {
  color: #3579ec;
}
Background
.bg-3579ec {
  background-color: #3579ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3579ec {
  border: 2px solid #3579ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3579ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 121 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 83% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3579ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3579ec, #4c35ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3579ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 121 236 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.41 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.74 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.96 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.26 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.61 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.77 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.31 #ca8613 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3579ec  rgb(53, 121, 236)  hsl(218, 83%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#eca835  rgb(236, 168, 53)  hsl(38, 83%, 57%)  Marigold
#ec3579  rgb(236, 53, 121)  hsl(338, 83%, 57%)  Rose
#79ec35  rgb(121, 236, 53)  hsl(98, 83%, 57%)  Lawn Green