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#3E79EA

#3e79ea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3e79ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 47.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.5% cyan, 48.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 219.42°, with 80.37% saturation and 58.04% 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 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.2064

Complementary

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #eaaf3e

Split complementary

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #ea593e
  3. #cfea3e

Analogous

  1. #3ecfea
  2. #3e79ea
  3. #593eea

Triadic

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #ea3e79
  3. #79ea3e

Tetradic

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #af3eea
  3. #eaaf3e
  4. #79ea3e

Square

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #ea3ecf
  3. #eaaf3e
  4. #3eea59

Monochromatic

  1. #0e3581
  2. #1652c6
  3. #3e79ea
  4. #83a9f2
  5. #c8d9f9

Shades

#3e79ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #386dd3
  3. #3261bb
  4. #2b55a4
  5. #25498c
  6. #1f3d75
  7. #19305e
  8. #132446
  9. #0c182f
  10. #060c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#3e79ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #5186ec
  3. #6594ee
  4. #78a1f0
  5. #8baff2
  6. #9fbcf5
  7. #b2c9f7
  8. #c5d7f9
  9. #d8e4fb
  10. #ecf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3e79ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3e79ea
  2. #457adf
  3. #4b7ad5
  4. #527bca
  5. #587cc0
  6. #5f7db5
  7. #667daa
  8. #6c7ea0
  9. #737f95
  10. #797f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a7cb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3886ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0094a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3b81ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2277e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3e79ea {
  color: #3e79ea;
}
Background
.bg-3e79ea {
  background-color: #3e79ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3e79ea {
  border: 2px solid #3e79ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3e79ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 121 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3e79ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3e79ea, #593eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3e79ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 121 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.55 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.03 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.94 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.30 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.48 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.02 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.03 #c18615 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#3e79ea  rgb(62, 121, 234)  hsl(219, 80%, 58%)  Brandeis Blue
#eaaf3e  rgb(234, 175, 62)  hsl(39, 80%, 58%)  Goldenrod
#ea3e79  rgb(234, 62, 121)  hsl(339, 80%, 58%)  Rose
#79ea3e  rgb(121, 234, 62)  hsl(99, 80%, 58%)  Lawn Green