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#3876FA

#3876fa ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3876fa is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 46.27% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.6% cyan, 52.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 220.82°, with 95.1% saturation and 60% 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 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.53.

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Relative luminance0.207

Complementary

  1. #3876fa
  2. #fabc38

Split complementary

  1. #3876fa
  2. #fa5b38
  3. #d7fa38

Analogous

  1. #38d7fa
  2. #3876fa
  3. #5b38fa

Triadic

  1. #3876fa
  2. #fa3876
  3. #76fa38

Tetradic

  1. #3876fa
  2. #bc38fa
  3. #fabc38
  4. #76fa38

Square

  1. #3876fa
  2. #fa38d7
  3. #fabc38
  4. #38fa5b

Monochromatic

  1. #043295
  2. #064be0
  3. #3876fa
  4. #83a9fc
  5. #cdddfe

Shades

#3876fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3876fa
  2. #326ae1
  3. #2d5ec8
  4. #2753af
  5. #224796
  6. #1c3b7d
  7. #162f64
  8. #11234b
  9. #0b1832
  10. #060c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#3876fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3876fa
  2. #4c84fb
  3. #6091fb
  4. #749ffc
  5. #88adfc
  6. #9cbbfd
  7. #afc8fd
  8. #c3d6fe
  9. #d7e4fe
  10. #ebf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3876fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3876fa
  2. #3f77ee
  3. #4678e2
  4. #4e79d5
  5. #557ac9
  6. #5c7bbd
  7. #637cb1
  8. #6a7da5
  9. #727e98
  10. #797f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #697bbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0387ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2280fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0075f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008bd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3876fa {
  color: #3876fa;
}
Background
.bg-3876fa {
  background-color: #3876fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3876fa {
  border: 2px solid #3876fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3876fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 118 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3876fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3876fa, #5b38fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3876fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 118 250 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.53 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.52 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.78 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.78 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.70 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.77 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.38 #c78905 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3876fa  rgb(56, 118, 250)  hsl(221, 95%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#fabc38  rgb(250, 188, 56)  hsl(41, 95%, 60%)  Amber
#fa3876  rgb(250, 56, 118)  hsl(341, 95%, 60%)  French Rose
#76fa38  rgb(118, 250, 56)  hsl(101, 95%, 60%)  Lawn Green