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#117FE2

#117fe2 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117fe2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 49.8% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.48% cyan, 43.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 208.42°, with 86.01% saturation and 47.65% 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 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.2079

Complementary

  1. #117fe2
  2. #e27411

Split complementary

  1. #117fe2
  2. #e21117
  3. #e2dd11

Analogous

  1. #11e2dd
  2. #117fe2
  3. #1117e2

Triadic

  1. #117fe2
  2. #e2117f
  3. #7fe211

Tetradic

  1. #117fe2
  2. #7411e2
  3. #e27411
  4. #7fe211

Square

  1. #117fe2
  2. #dd11e2
  3. #e27411
  4. #17e211

Monochromatic

  1. #062f54
  2. #0c579b
  3. #117fe2
  4. #4ea4f2
  5. #95c9f7

Shades

#117fe2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117fe2
  2. #0f72cb
  3. #0e66b5
  4. #0c599e
  5. #0a4c88
  6. #094071
  7. #07335a
  8. #052644
  9. #03192d
  10. #020d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#117fe2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117fe2
  2. #298ce5
  3. #4199e8
  4. #58a5eb
  5. #70b2ee
  6. #88bff1
  7. #a0ccf3
  8. #b8d9f6
  9. #cfe5f9
  10. #e7f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117fe2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117fe2
  2. #1c7fd8
  3. #277fce
  4. #327fc5
  5. #3d7fbb
  6. #4980b1
  7. #5480a7
  8. #5f809d
  9. #6a8094
  10. #75808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647eaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4a87e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1c76e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3b84e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #187ae1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ec1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117fe2 {
  color: #117fe2;
}
Background
.bg-117fe2 {
  background-color: #117fe2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117fe2 {
  border: 2px solid #117fe2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117fe2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 127 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 86% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117fe2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117fe2, #1117e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117fe2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 127 226 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.31 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.47 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.70 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.33 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.67 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.99 #ee801d Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#117fe2  rgb(17, 127, 226)  hsl(208, 86%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#e27411  rgb(226, 116, 17)  hsl(28, 86%, 48%)  Ochre
#e2117f  rgb(226, 17, 127)  hsl(328, 86%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#7fe211  rgb(127, 226, 17)  hsl(88, 86%, 48%)  Lawn Green