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#3774FA

#3774fa ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3774fa is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.57% red, 45.49% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78% cyan, 53.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 221.23°, with 95.12% saturation and 59.8% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.14.

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Relative luminance0.2021

Complementary

  1. #3774fa
  2. #fabd37

Split complementary

  1. #3774fa
  2. #fa5b37
  3. #d5fa37

Analogous

  1. #37d5fa
  2. #3774fa
  3. #5b37fa

Triadic

  1. #3774fa
  2. #fa3774
  3. #74fa37

Tetradic

  1. #3774fa
  2. #bd37fa
  3. #fabd37
  4. #74fa37

Square

  1. #3774fa
  2. #fa37d5
  3. #fabd37
  4. #37fa5b

Monochromatic

  1. #043194
  2. #064adf
  3. #3774fa
  4. #82a8fc
  5. #ccdcfe

Shades

#3774fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3774fa
  2. #3268e1
  3. #2c5dc8
  4. #2751af
  5. #214696
  6. #1c3a7d
  7. #162e64
  8. #11234b
  9. #0b1732
  10. #060c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#3774fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3774fa
  2. #4b82fb
  3. #5f90fb
  4. #739efc
  5. #87acfc
  6. #9bbafd
  7. #afc7fd
  8. #c3d5fe
  9. #d7e3fe
  10. #ebf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3774fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3774fa
  2. #3e75ee
  3. #4676e2
  4. #4d78d5
  5. #5479c9
  6. #5c7abd
  7. #637bb1
  8. #6a7ca5
  9. #717e98
  10. #797f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6779bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0086ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0074f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1c7ffd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0074f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3774fa {
  color: #3774fa;
}
Background
.bg-3774fa {
  background-color: #3774fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3774fa {
  border: 2px solid #3774fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3774fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 55 116 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3774fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3774fa, #5b37fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3774fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(55 116 250 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.14 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.94 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.11 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.05 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.80 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.99 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.67 #c88b05 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3774fa  rgb(55, 116, 250)  hsl(221, 95%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#fabd37  rgb(250, 189, 55)  hsl(41, 95%, 60%)  Amber
#fa3774  rgb(250, 55, 116)  hsl(341, 95%, 60%)  Rose
#74fa37  rgb(116, 250, 55)  hsl(101, 95%, 60%)  Lawn Green