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#117FE8

#117fe8 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117fe8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.67% cyan, 45.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 209.3°, with 86.35% saturation and 48.82% 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 5.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.2112

Complementary

  1. #117fe8
  2. #e87a11

Split complementary

  1. #117fe8
  2. #e81114
  3. #e8e511

Analogous

  1. #11e8e5
  2. #117fe8
  3. #1114e8

Triadic

  1. #117fe8
  2. #e8117f
  3. #7fe811

Tetradic

  1. #117fe8
  2. #7a11e8
  3. #e87a11
  4. #7fe811

Square

  1. #117fe8
  2. #e511e8
  3. #e87a11
  4. #14e811

Monochromatic

  1. #073159
  2. #0c58a1
  3. #117fe8
  4. #53a5f2
  5. #9acaf8

Shades

#117fe8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117fe8
  2. #0f72d1
  3. #0e66ba
  4. #0c59a2
  5. #0a4c8b
  6. #094074
  7. #07335d
  8. #052646
  9. #03192e
  10. #020d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#117fe8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117fe8
  2. #298cea
  3. #4199ed
  4. #58a5ef
  5. #70b2f1
  6. #88bff4
  7. #a0ccf6
  8. #b8d9f8
  9. #cfe5fa
  10. #e7f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117fe8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117fe8
  2. #1c7fde
  3. #277fd3
  4. #327fc9
  5. #3d7fbe
  6. #4980b4
  7. #5480aa
  8. #5f809f
  9. #6a8095
  10. #75808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657fb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4588ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0276e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3785ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #097ae7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117fe8 {
  color: #117fe8;
}
Background
.bg-117fe8 {
  background-color: #117fe8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117fe8 {
  border: 2px solid #117fe8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117fe8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 127 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117fe8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117fe8, #1114e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117fe8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 127 232 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.39 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.13 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.06 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.23 #ee8017 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#117fe8  rgb(17, 127, 232)  hsl(209, 86%, 49%)  Tufts Blue
#e87a11  rgb(232, 122, 17)  hsl(29, 86%, 49%)  Cadmium Orange
#e8117f  rgb(232, 17, 127)  hsl(329, 86%, 49%)  Telemagenta
#7fe811  rgb(127, 232, 17)  hsl(89, 86%, 49%)  Lawn Green