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#147ADA

#147ada ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#147ada is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 47.84% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.83% cyan, 44.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 209.09°, with 83.19% saturation and 46.67% 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 4.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.72.

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Relative luminance0.1913

Complementary

  1. #147ada
  2. #da7414

Split complementary

  1. #147ada
  2. #da1417
  3. #dad714

Analogous

  1. #14dad7
  2. #147ada
  3. #1417da

Triadic

  1. #147ada
  2. #da147a
  3. #7ada14

Tetradic

  1. #147ada
  2. #7414da
  3. #da7414
  4. #7ada14

Square

  1. #147ada
  2. #d714da
  3. #da7414
  4. #17da14

Monochromatic

  1. #072c4e
  2. #0e5394
  3. #147ada
  4. #4ca0ef
  5. #92c5f5

Shades

#147ada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #147ada
  2. #126ec4
  3. #1062ae
  4. #0e5599
  5. #0c4983
  6. #0a3d6d
  7. #083157
  8. #062541
  9. #04182c
  10. #020c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#147ada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #147ada
  2. #2c87de
  3. #4395e1
  4. #5ba2e5
  5. #72afe9
  6. #8abded
  7. #a1caf0
  8. #b9d7f4
  9. #d0e4f8
  10. #e8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#147ada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #147ada
  2. #1f7bd1
  3. #2a7bc8
  4. #347cbf
  5. #3f7cb6
  6. #4a7dad
  7. #557ea4
  8. #607e9b
  9. #6a7f92
  10. #757f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6079a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4782de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1a71d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00919f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #387fdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1875d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-147ada {
  color: #147ada;
}
Background
.bg-147ada {
  background-color: #147ada;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-147ada {
  border: 2px solid #147ada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #147ada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 122 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-147ada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #147ada, #1417da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-147ada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 122 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.72 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.88 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.87 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.03 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.38 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.37 #eb8525 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#147ada  rgb(20, 122, 218)  hsl(209, 83%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#da7414  rgb(218, 116, 20)  hsl(29, 83%, 47%)  Ochre
#da147a  rgb(218, 20, 122)  hsl(329, 83%, 47%)  Telemagenta
#7ada14  rgb(122, 218, 20)  hsl(89, 83%, 47%)  Yellow Green