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#117FE6

#117fe6 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117fe6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.61% cyan, 44.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 209.01°, with 86.23% saturation and 48.43% 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 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.53.

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Relative luminance0.2101

Complementary

  1. #117fe6
  2. #e67811

Split complementary

  1. #117fe6
  2. #e61115
  3. #e6e211

Analogous

  1. #11e6e2
  2. #117fe6
  3. #1115e6

Triadic

  1. #117fe6
  2. #e6117f
  3. #7fe611

Tetradic

  1. #117fe6
  2. #7811e6
  3. #e67811
  4. #7fe611

Square

  1. #117fe6
  2. #e211e6
  3. #e67811
  4. #15e611

Monochromatic

  1. #063058
  2. #0c589f
  3. #117fe6
  4. #51a4f2
  5. #99caf7

Shades

#117fe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117fe6
  2. #0f72cf
  3. #0e66b8
  4. #0c59a1
  5. #0a4c8a
  6. #094073
  7. #07335c
  8. #052645
  9. #03192e
  10. #020d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#117fe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117fe6
  2. #298ce9
  3. #4199eb
  4. #58a5ee
  5. #70b2f0
  6. #88bff3
  7. #a0ccf5
  8. #b8d9f8
  9. #cfe5fa
  10. #e7f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117fe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117fe6
  2. #1c7fdc
  3. #277fd2
  4. #327fc7
  5. #3d7fbd
  6. #4980b3
  7. #5480a9
  8. #5f809f
  9. #6a8094
  10. #75808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647fb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4788ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0e76e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3884e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0f7ae5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117fe6 {
  color: #117fe6;
}
Background
.bg-117fe6 {
  background-color: #117fe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117fe6 {
  border: 2px solid #117fe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117fe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 127 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 86% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117fe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117fe6, #1115e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117fe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 127 230 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.40 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.98 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.14 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.65 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.06 #ee8019 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#117fe6  rgb(17, 127, 230)  hsl(209, 86%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#e67811  rgb(230, 120, 17)  hsl(29, 86%, 48%)  Cadmium Orange
#e6117f  rgb(230, 17, 127)  hsl(329, 86%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#7fe611  rgb(127, 230, 17)  hsl(89, 86%, 48%)  Lawn Green