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#3A70E9

#3a70e9 ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3a70e9 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 43.92% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.11% cyan, 51.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 221.49°, with 79.91% saturation and 57.06% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 2.54.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.1837

Complementary

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #e9b33a

Split complementary

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #e95c3a
  3. #c7e93a

Analogous

  1. #3ac7e9
  2. #3a70e9
  3. #5c3ae9

Triadic

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #e93a70
  3. #70e93a

Tetradic

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #b33ae9
  3. #e9b33a
  4. #70e93a

Square

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #e93ac7
  3. #e9b33a
  4. #3ae95c

Monochromatic

  1. #0e307c
  2. #164ac1
  3. #3a70e9
  4. #7fa2f1
  5. #c4d4f8

Shades

#3a70e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #3465d2
  3. #2e5aba
  4. #294ea3
  5. #23438c
  6. #1d3875
  7. #172d5d
  8. #112246
  9. #0c162f
  10. #060b17
  11. #000000

Tints

#3a70e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #4e7eeb
  3. #618ded
  4. #759bf0
  5. #89a9f2
  6. #9db8f4
  7. #b0c6f6
  8. #c4d4f8
  9. #d8e2fb
  10. #ebf1fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3a70e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3a70e9
  2. #4172df
  3. #4873d4
  4. #4f75ca
  5. #5676bf
  6. #5d78b5
  7. #647aaa
  8. #6b7ba0
  9. #727d95
  10. #797e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6474b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1a7fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #006fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008da2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2a79ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #006fe8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0083c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3a70e9 {
  color: #3a70e9;
}
Background
.bg-3a70e9 {
  background-color: #3a70e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3a70e9 {
  border: 2px solid #3a70e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3a70e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 112 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 80% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3a70e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3a70e9, #5c3ae9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3a70e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 112 233 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 2.54 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.84 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.20 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.64 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.66 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.88 #1560bd Denim ΔE 8.60 #c58f16 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3a70e9  rgb(58, 112, 233)  hsl(221, 80%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#e9b33a  rgb(233, 179, 58)  hsl(41, 80%, 57%)  Meat Brown
#e93a70  rgb(233, 58, 112)  hsl(341, 80%, 57%)  Razzmatazz
#70e93a  rgb(112, 233, 58)  hsl(101, 80%, 57%)  Lawn Green