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#417CEA

#417cea ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#417cea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.49% red, 48.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.22% cyan, 47.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 219.05°, with 80.09% saturation and 58.63% 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 5.3:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.39.

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Relative luminance0.2148

Complementary

  1. #417cea
  2. #eaaf41

Split complementary

  1. #417cea
  2. #ea5b41
  3. #d1ea41

Analogous

  1. #41d1ea
  2. #417cea
  3. #5b41ea

Triadic

  1. #417cea
  2. #ea417c
  3. #7cea41

Tetradic

  1. #417cea
  2. #af41ea
  3. #eaaf41
  4. #7cea41

Square

  1. #417cea
  2. #ea41d1
  3. #eaaf41
  4. #41ea5b

Monochromatic

  1. #0f3783
  2. #1654c8
  3. #417cea
  4. #86acf2
  5. #cbdbf9

Shades

#417cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #417cea
  2. #3b70d3
  3. #3463bb
  4. #2e57a4
  5. #274a8c
  6. #213e75
  7. #1a325e
  8. #142546
  9. #0d192f
  10. #070c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#417cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #417cea
  2. #5489ec
  3. #6796ee
  4. #7aa3f0
  5. #8db0f2
  6. #a0bef5
  7. #b3cbf7
  8. #c6d8f9
  9. #d9e5fb
  10. #ecf2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#417cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #417cea
  2. #477cdf
  3. #4e7dd5
  4. #547dca
  5. #5a7ec0
  6. #617eb5
  7. #677eaa
  8. #6d7fa0
  9. #737f95
  10. #7a808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c7eb4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4088ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1078e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4183ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2b7ae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008cc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-417cea {
  color: #417cea;
}
Background
.bg-417cea {
  background-color: #417cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-417cea {
  border: 2px solid #417cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #417cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 65 124 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-417cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #417cea, #5b41ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-417cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(65 124 234 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.39 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.90 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.97 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.74 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.82 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.87 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.93 #be8315 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#417cea  rgb(65, 124, 234)  hsl(219, 80%, 59%)  Brandeis Blue
#eaaf41  rgb(234, 175, 65)  hsl(39, 80%, 59%)  Marigold
#ea417c  rgb(234, 65, 124)  hsl(339, 80%, 59%)  French Rose
#7cea41  rgb(124, 234, 65)  hsl(99, 80%, 59%)  Lawn Green