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#147CCE

#147cce ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#147cce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 48.63% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.29% cyan, 39.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 206.45°, with 82.3% saturation and 44.31% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1902

Complementary

  1. #147cce
  2. #ce6614

Split complementary

  1. #147cce
  2. #ce141f
  3. #cec314

Analogous

  1. #14cec3
  2. #147cce
  3. #141fce

Triadic

  1. #147cce
  2. #ce147c
  3. #7cce14

Tetradic

  1. #147cce
  2. #6614ce
  3. #ce6614
  4. #7cce14

Square

  1. #147cce
  2. #c314ce
  3. #ce6614
  4. #1fce14

Monochromatic

  1. #062843
  2. #0d5288
  3. #147cce
  4. #42a1ed
  5. #88c4f3

Shades

#147cce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #147cce
  2. #1270b9
  3. #1063a5
  4. #0e5790
  5. #0c4a7c
  6. #0a3e67
  7. #083252
  8. #06253e
  9. #041929
  10. #020c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#147cce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #147cce
  2. #2c89d3
  3. #4396d8
  4. #5ba3dd
  5. #72b0e2
  6. #8abee7
  7. #a1cbeb
  8. #b9d8f0
  9. #d0e5f5
  10. #e8f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#147cce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #147cce
  2. #1f7cc6
  3. #2a7dbe
  4. #347db7
  5. #3f7eaf
  6. #4a7ea7
  7. #557e9f
  8. #607f97
  9. #6a7f90
  10. #758088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #607aa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5381d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3572cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00909b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #427fd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2b76cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-147cce {
  color: #147cce;
}
Background
.bg-147cce {
  background-color: #147cce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-147cce {
  border: 2px solid #147cce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #147cce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 124 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 82% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-147cce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #147cce, #141fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-147cce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 124 206 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.92 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.41 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.99 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.32 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.76 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.02 #eb8331 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#147cce  rgb(20, 124, 206)  hsl(206, 82%, 44%)  Tufts Blue
#ce6614  rgb(206, 102, 20)  hsl(26, 82%, 44%)  Chocolate
#ce147c  rgb(206, 20, 124)  hsl(326, 82%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#7cce14  rgb(124, 206, 20)  hsl(86, 82%, 44%)  Yellow Green