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#007ECD

#007ecd ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#007ecd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 49.41% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 38.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 203.12°, with 100% saturation and 40.2% 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 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.8.

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Relative luminance0.1933

Complementary

  1. #007ecd
  2. #cd4f00

Split complementary

  1. #007ecd
  2. #cd0018
  3. #cdb600

Analogous

  1. #00cdb6
  2. #007ecd
  3. #0018cd

Triadic

  1. #007ecd
  2. #cd007e
  3. #7ecd00

Tetradic

  1. #007ecd
  2. #4f00cd
  3. #cd4f00
  4. #7ecd00

Square

  1. #007ecd
  2. #b600cd
  3. #cd4f00
  4. #18cd00

Monochromatic

  1. #002034
  2. #004f81
  3. #007ecd
  4. #1ba7ff
  5. #67c4ff

Shades

#007ecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #007ecd
  2. #0071b9
  3. #0065a4
  4. #005890
  5. #004c7b
  6. #003f67
  7. #003252
  8. #00263e
  9. #001929
  10. #000d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#007ecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #007ecd
  2. #1a8bd2
  3. #3398d7
  4. #4da5dc
  5. #66b2e1
  6. #80bfe6
  7. #99cbeb
  8. #b3d8f0
  9. #cce5f5
  10. #e6f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#007ecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #007ecd
  2. #0d7ec5
  3. #1a7ebe
  4. #267fb6
  5. #337fae
  6. #407fa7
  7. #4d7f9f
  8. #5a7f97
  9. #66808f
  10. #738088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #607ba2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5782d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3972cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00919b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4381cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2b77cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ab1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-007ecd {
  color: #007ecd;
}
Background
.bg-007ecd {
  background-color: #007ecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-007ecd {
  border: 2px solid #007ecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #007ecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 126 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-007ecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #007ecd, #0018cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-007ecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 126 205 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.89 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.52 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.16 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.77 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.31 #ff8132 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#007ecd  rgb(0, 126, 205)  hsl(203, 100%, 40%)  Tufts Blue
#cd4f00  rgb(205, 79, 0)  hsl(23, 100%, 40%)  Burnt Orange
#cd007e  rgb(205, 0, 126)  hsl(323, 100%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#7ecd00  rgb(126, 205, 0)  hsl(83, 100%, 40%)  Yellow Green