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#3A78EA

#3a78ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3a78ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 47.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.21% cyan, 48.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 218.86°, with 80.73% saturation and 57.25% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.25.

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Relative luminance0.2027

Complementary

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #eaac3a

Split complementary

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #ea543a
  3. #d0ea3a

Analogous

  1. #3ad0ea
  2. #3a78ea
  3. #543aea

Triadic

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #ea3a78
  3. #78ea3a

Tetradic

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #ac3aea
  3. #eaac3a
  4. #78ea3a

Square

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #ea3ad0
  3. #eaac3a
  4. #3aea54

Monochromatic

  1. #0d357e
  2. #1552c3
  3. #3a78ea
  4. #7fa7f1
  5. #c4d7f9

Shades

#3a78ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #346cd3
  3. #2e60bb
  4. #2954a4
  5. #23488c
  6. #1d3c75
  7. #17305e
  8. #112446
  9. #0c182f
  10. #060c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#3a78ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #4e86ec
  3. #6193ee
  4. #75a1f0
  5. #89aef2
  6. #9dbcf5
  7. #b0c9f7
  8. #c4d7f9
  9. #d8e4fb
  10. #ebf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3a78ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3a78ea
  2. #4179df
  3. #487ad5
  4. #4f7aca
  5. #567bc0
  6. #5d7cb5
  7. #647daa
  8. #6b7ea0
  9. #727e95
  10. #797f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #687bb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3585ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0075e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3780ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1b76e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3a78ea {
  color: #3a78ea;
}
Background
.bg-3a78ea {
  background-color: #3a78ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3a78ea {
  border: 2px solid #3a78ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3a78ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 120 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 81% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3a78ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3a78ea, #543aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3a78ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 120 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.25 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.94 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.71 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.12 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.50 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 6.87 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.00 #c58715 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3a78ea  rgb(58, 120, 234)  hsl(219, 81%, 57%)  Brandeis Blue
#eaac3a  rgb(234, 172, 58)  hsl(39, 81%, 57%)  Marigold
#ea3a78  rgb(234, 58, 120)  hsl(339, 81%, 57%)  Rose
#78ea3a  rgb(120, 234, 58)  hsl(99, 81%, 57%)  Lawn Green