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#117DFD

#117dfd ≈ Brandeis Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117dfd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 49.02% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 93.28% cyan, 50.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 212.54°, with 98.33% saturation and 52.94% 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 5.38:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Brandeis Blue (#0070ff), ΔE 4.6.

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Relative luminance0.2188

Complementary

  1. #117dfd
  2. #fd9111

Split complementary

  1. #117dfd
  2. #fd1b11
  3. #f3fd11

Analogous

  1. #11f3fd
  2. #117dfd
  3. #1b11fd

Triadic

  1. #117dfd
  2. #fd117d
  3. #7dfd11

Tetradic

  1. #117dfd
  2. #9111fd
  3. #fd9111
  4. #7dfd11

Square

  1. #117dfd
  2. #fd11f3
  3. #fd9111
  4. #11fd1b

Monochromatic

  1. #013674
  2. #0259c0
  3. #117dfd
  4. #5da6fe
  5. #a9d0fe

Shades

#117dfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117dfd
  2. #0f71e4
  3. #0e64ca
  4. #0c58b1
  5. #0a4b98
  6. #093f7f
  7. #073265
  8. #05264c
  9. #031933
  10. #020d19
  11. #000000

Tints

#117dfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117dfd
  2. #298afd
  3. #4197fd
  4. #58a4fe
  5. #70b1fe
  6. #88befe
  7. #a0cbfe
  8. #b8d8fe
  9. #cfe5ff
  10. #e7f2ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117dfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117dfd
  2. #1c7df1
  3. #277ee4
  4. #327ed8
  5. #3d7ecb
  6. #497fbf
  7. #547fb2
  8. #5f7fa6
  9. #6a7f99
  10. #75808d
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #667fc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #218bff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009db1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #1c86ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #007afc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117dfd {
  color: #117dfd;
}
Background
.bg-117dfd {
  background-color: #117dfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117dfd {
  border: 2px solid #117dfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117dfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 125 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 98% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117dfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117dfd, #1b11fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117dfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 125 253 / 0.35);
}

#0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.60 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.49 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.72 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.55 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.82 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.07 #ee8202 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Brandeis Blue
#117dfd  rgb(17, 125, 253)  hsl(213, 98%, 53%)  Brandeis Blue
#fd9111  rgb(253, 145, 17)  hsl(33, 98%, 53%)  Dark Orange
#fd117d  rgb(253, 17, 125)  hsl(333, 98%, 53%)  Rose
#7dfd11  rgb(125, 253, 17)  hsl(93, 98%, 53%)  Lawn Green