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#117FE7

#117fe7 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117fe7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.64% cyan, 45.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 209.16°, with 86.29% saturation and 48.63% 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 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.59.

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Relative luminance0.2107

Complementary

  1. #117fe7
  2. #e77911

Split complementary

  1. #117fe7
  2. #e71114
  3. #e7e411

Analogous

  1. #11e7e4
  2. #117fe7
  3. #1114e7

Triadic

  1. #117fe7
  2. #e7117f
  3. #7fe711

Tetradic

  1. #117fe7
  2. #7911e7
  3. #e77911
  4. #7fe711

Square

  1. #117fe7
  2. #e411e7
  3. #e77911
  4. #14e711

Monochromatic

  1. #073158
  2. #0c58a0
  3. #117fe7
  4. #52a4f2
  5. #99caf8

Shades

#117fe7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117fe7
  2. #0f72d0
  3. #0e66b9
  4. #0c59a2
  5. #0a4c8b
  6. #094074
  7. #07335c
  8. #052645
  9. #03192e
  10. #020d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#117fe7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117fe7
  2. #298ce9
  3. #4199ec
  4. #58a5ee
  5. #70b2f1
  6. #88bff3
  7. #a0ccf5
  8. #b8d9f8
  9. #cfe5fa
  10. #e7f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117fe7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117fe7
  2. #1c7fdd
  3. #277fd2
  4. #327fc8
  5. #3d7fbe
  6. #4980b4
  7. #5480a9
  8. #5f809f
  9. #6a8095
  10. #75808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647fb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4688eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0876e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3785e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0c7ae6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117fe7 {
  color: #117fe7;
}
Background
.bg-117fe7 {
  background-color: #117fe7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117fe7 {
  border: 2px solid #117fe7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117fe7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 127 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117fe7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117fe7, #1114e7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117fe7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 127 231 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.40 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.05 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.10 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.57 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.16 #ee8018 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#117fe7  rgb(17, 127, 231)  hsl(209, 86%, 49%)  Tufts Blue
#e77911  rgb(231, 121, 17)  hsl(29, 86%, 49%)  Cadmium Orange
#e7117f  rgb(231, 17, 127)  hsl(329, 86%, 49%)  Telemagenta
#7fe711  rgb(127, 231, 17)  hsl(89, 86%, 49%)  Lawn Green