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#147BCD

#147bcd ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#147bcd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 48.24% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.24% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 206.59°, with 82.22% saturation and 44.12% 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 4.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1872

Complementary

  1. #147bcd
  2. #cd6614

Split complementary

  1. #147bcd
  2. #cd141f
  3. #cdc214

Analogous

  1. #14cdc2
  2. #147bcd
  3. #141fcd

Triadic

  1. #147bcd
  2. #cd147b
  3. #7bcd14

Tetradic

  1. #147bcd
  2. #6614cd
  3. #cd6614
  4. #7bcd14

Square

  1. #147bcd
  2. #c214cd
  3. #cd6614
  4. #1fcd14

Monochromatic

  1. #062742
  2. #0d5187
  3. #147bcd
  4. #41a0ec
  5. #87c3f3

Shades

#147bcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #147bcd
  2. #126fb9
  3. #1062a4
  4. #0e5690
  5. #0c4a7b
  6. #0a3e67
  7. #083152
  8. #06253e
  9. #041929
  10. #020c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#147bcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #147bcd
  2. #2c88d2
  3. #4395d7
  4. #5ba3dc
  5. #72b0e1
  6. #8abde6
  7. #a1caeb
  8. #b9d7f0
  9. #d0e5f5
  10. #e8f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#147bcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #147bcd
  2. #1f7cc5
  3. #2a7cbe
  4. #347db6
  5. #3f7dae
  6. #4a7ea7
  7. #557e9f
  8. #607f97
  9. #6a7f8f
  10. #758088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f79a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5280d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3471cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008f9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #417ecf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2a75cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-147bcd {
  color: #147bcd;
}
Background
.bg-147bcd {
  background-color: #147bcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-147bcd {
  border: 2px solid #147bcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #147bcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 123 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 82% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-147bcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #147bcd, #141fcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-147bcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 123 205 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.91 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.05 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.14 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.67 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.81 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.89 #eb8432 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#147bcd  rgb(20, 123, 205)  hsl(207, 82%, 44%)  Tufts Blue
#cd6614  rgb(205, 102, 20)  hsl(27, 82%, 44%)  Chocolate
#cd147b  rgb(205, 20, 123)  hsl(327, 82%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#7bcd14  rgb(123, 205, 20)  hsl(87, 82%, 44%)  Yellow Green