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#3975FA

#3975fa ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#3975fa is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 45.88% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.2% cyan, 53.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 221.35°, with 95.07% saturation and 60.2% 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 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.41.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.2049

Complementary

  1. #3975fa
  2. #fabe39

Split complementary

  1. #3975fa
  2. #fa5e39
  3. #d5fa39

Analogous

  1. #39d5fa
  2. #3975fa
  3. #5e39fa

Triadic

  1. #3975fa
  2. #fa3975
  3. #75fa39

Tetradic

  1. #3975fa
  2. #be39fa
  3. #fabe39
  4. #75fa39

Square

  1. #3975fa
  2. #fa39d5
  3. #fabe39
  4. #39fa5e

Monochromatic

  1. #043196
  2. #064ae1
  3. #3975fa
  4. #84a9fc
  5. #ceddfe

Shades

#3975fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3975fa
  2. #3369e1
  3. #2e5ec8
  4. #2852af
  5. #224696
  6. #1d3b7d
  7. #172f64
  8. #11234b
  9. #0b1732
  10. #060c19
  11. #000000

Tints

#3975fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3975fa
  2. #4d83fb
  3. #6191fb
  4. #749efc
  5. #88acfc
  6. #9cbafd
  7. #b0c8fd
  8. #c4d6fe
  9. #d7e3fe
  10. #ebf1ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3975fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3975fa
  2. #4076ee
  3. #4777e2
  4. #4e78d5
  5. #5579c9
  6. #5d7bbd
  7. #647cb1
  8. #6b7da5
  9. #727e98
  10. #797f8c
  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 #687abc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0086ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2180fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0075f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ad0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3975fa {
  color: #3975fa;
}
Background
.bg-3975fa {
  background-color: #3975fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3975fa {
  border: 2px solid #3975fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3975fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 117 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3975fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3975fa, #5e39fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3975fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 117 250 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.41 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.21 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.40 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.98 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.83 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.58 #c68a05 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3975fa  rgb(57, 117, 250)  hsl(221, 95%, 60%)  Brandeis Blue
#fabe39  rgb(250, 190, 57)  hsl(41, 95%, 60%)  Amber
#fa3975  rgb(250, 57, 117)  hsl(341, 95%, 60%)  French Rose
#75fa39  rgb(117, 250, 57)  hsl(101, 95%, 60%)  Lawn Green