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#017DFD

#017dfd ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#017dfd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 49.02% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.6% cyan, 50.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 210.48°, with 99.21% saturation and 49.8% 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 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.2177

Complementary

  1. #017dfd
  2. #fd8101

Split complementary

  1. #017dfd
  2. #fd0301
  3. #fbfd01

Analogous

  1. #01fbfd
  2. #017dfd
  3. #0301fd

Triadic

  1. #017dfd
  2. #fd017d
  3. #7dfd01

Tetradic

  1. #017dfd
  2. #8101fd
  3. #fd8101
  4. #7dfd01

Square

  1. #017dfd
  2. #fd01fb
  3. #fd8101
  4. #01fd03

Monochromatic

  1. #003265
  2. #0157b1
  3. #017dfd
  4. #4ca4fe
  5. #98cbff

Shades

#017dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #017dfd
  2. #0171e4
  3. #0164ca
  4. #0158b1
  5. #014b98
  6. #013f7f
  7. #003265
  8. #00264c
  9. #001933
  10. #000d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#017dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #017dfd
  2. #1a8afd
  3. #3497fd
  4. #4da4fe
  5. #67b1fe
  6. #80befe
  7. #99cbfe
  8. #b3d8fe
  9. #cce5ff
  10. #e6f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#017dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #017dfd
  2. #0e7df1
  3. #1a7ee4
  4. #277ed8
  5. #347ecb
  6. #417fbf
  7. #4d7fb2
  8. #5a7fa6
  9. #677f99
  10. #73808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657fbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #208bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009db1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1886ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0079fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-017dfd {
  color: #017dfd;
}
Background
.bg-017dfd {
  background-color: #017dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-017dfd {
  border: 2px solid #017dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #017dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 125 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 99% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-017dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #017dfd, #0301fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-017dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 125 253 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.73 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.46 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.63 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.82 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.16 #fe8202 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#017dfd  rgb(1, 125, 253)  hsl(210, 99%, 50%)  Brandeis Blue
#fd8101  rgb(253, 129, 1)  hsl(30, 99%, 50%)  Tangerine
#fd017d  rgb(253, 1, 125)  hsl(330, 99%, 50%)  Rose
#7dfd01  rgb(125, 253, 1)  hsl(90, 99%, 50%)  Lawn Green