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#027BDA

#027bda ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#027bda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 48.24% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.08% cyan, 43.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 206.39°, with 98.18% saturation and 43.14% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.95.

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Relative luminance0.1924

Complementary

  1. #027bda
  2. #da6102

Split complementary

  1. #027bda
  2. #da020f
  3. #dacd02

Analogous

  1. #02dacd
  2. #027bda
  3. #020fda

Triadic

  1. #027bda
  2. #da027b
  3. #7bda02

Tetradic

  1. #027bda
  2. #6102da
  3. #da6102
  4. #7bda02

Square

  1. #027bda
  2. #cd02da
  3. #da6102
  4. #0fda02

Monochromatic

  1. #012542
  2. #01508e
  3. #027bda
  4. #2ba1fd
  5. #77c3fe

Shades

#027bda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #027bda
  2. #026fc4
  3. #0262ae
  4. #015699
  5. #014a83
  6. #013e6d
  7. #013157
  8. #012541
  9. #00192c
  10. #000c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#027bda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #027bda
  2. #1b88de
  3. #3595e1
  4. #4ea3e5
  5. #67b0e9
  6. #81bded
  7. #9acaf0
  8. #b3d7f4
  9. #cce5f8
  10. #e6f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#027bda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #027bda
  2. #0f7cd1
  3. #1b7cc8
  4. #287dbf
  5. #347db6
  6. #417ead
  7. #4e7ea4
  8. #5a7f9b
  9. #677f92
  10. #738089
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f7aa9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4883de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1b71d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0092a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3880dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1475d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-027bda {
  color: #027bda;
}
Background
.bg-027bda {
  background-color: #027bda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-027bda {
  border: 2px solid #027bda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #027bda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 123 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 98% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-027bda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #027bda, #020fda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-027bda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 123 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.95 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.13 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.71 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.10 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.88 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.70 #fd8425 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#027bda  rgb(2, 123, 218)  hsl(206, 98%, 43%)  Tufts Blue
#da6102  rgb(218, 97, 2)  hsl(26, 98%, 43%)  Chocolate
#da027b  rgb(218, 2, 123)  hsl(326, 98%, 43%)  Telemagenta
#7bda02  rgb(123, 218, 2)  hsl(86, 98%, 43%)  Yellow Green