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#117FE5

#117fe5 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117fe5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.58% cyan, 44.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 208.87°, with 86.18% saturation and 48.24% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.2096

Complementary

  1. #117fe5
  2. #e57711

Split complementary

  1. #117fe5
  2. #e51115
  3. #e5e111

Analogous

  1. #11e5e1
  2. #117fe5
  3. #1115e5

Triadic

  1. #117fe5
  2. #e5117f
  3. #7fe511

Tetradic

  1. #117fe5
  2. #7711e5
  3. #e57711
  4. #7fe511

Square

  1. #117fe5
  2. #e111e5
  3. #e57711
  4. #15e511

Monochromatic

  1. #063057
  2. #0c589e
  3. #117fe5
  4. #50a4f2
  5. #98c9f7

Shades

#117fe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117fe5
  2. #0f72ce
  3. #0e66b7
  4. #0c59a0
  5. #0a4c89
  6. #094073
  7. #07335c
  8. #052645
  9. #03192e
  10. #020d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#117fe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117fe5
  2. #298ce8
  3. #4199ea
  4. #58a5ed
  5. #70b2ef
  6. #88bff2
  7. #a0ccf5
  8. #b8d9f7
  9. #cfe5fa
  10. #e7f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117fe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117fe5
  2. #1c7fdb
  3. #277fd1
  4. #327fc7
  5. #3d7fbd
  6. #4980b3
  7. #5480a8
  8. #5f809e
  9. #6a8094
  10. #75808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647fb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4788e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1276e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3984e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #127ae4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ec3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117fe5 {
  color: #117fe5;
}
Background
.bg-117fe5 {
  background-color: #117fe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117fe5 {
  border: 2px solid #117fe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117fe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 127 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 86% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117fe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117fe5, #1115e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117fe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 127 229 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.47 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.41 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.91 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.18 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.73 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.96 #ee801a Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#117fe5  rgb(17, 127, 229)  hsl(209, 86%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#e57711  rgb(229, 119, 17)  hsl(29, 86%, 48%)  Cadmium Orange
#e5117f  rgb(229, 17, 127)  hsl(329, 86%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#7fe511  rgb(127, 229, 17)  hsl(89, 86%, 48%)  Lawn Green