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#147CD8

#147cd8 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#147cd8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 48.63% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.74% cyan, 42.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 208.16°, with 83.05% saturation and 46.27% 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 4.9:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.67.

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Relative luminance0.1952

Complementary

  1. #147cd8
  2. #d87014

Split complementary

  1. #147cd8
  2. #d8141a
  3. #d8d214

Analogous

  1. #14d8d2
  2. #147cd8
  3. #141ad8

Triadic

  1. #147cd8
  2. #d8147c
  3. #7cd814

Tetradic

  1. #147cd8
  2. #7014d8
  3. #d87014
  4. #7cd814

Square

  1. #147cd8
  2. #d214d8
  3. #d87014
  4. #1ad814

Monochromatic

  1. #072c4c
  2. #0e5492
  3. #147cd8
  4. #4aa1ee
  5. #90c6f5

Shades

#147cd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #147cd8
  2. #1270c2
  3. #1063ad
  4. #0e5797
  5. #0c4a82
  6. #0a3e6c
  7. #083256
  8. #062541
  9. #04192b
  10. #020c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#147cd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #147cd8
  2. #2c89dc
  3. #4396e0
  4. #5ba3e4
  5. #72b0e8
  6. #8abeec
  7. #a1cbef
  8. #b9d8f3
  9. #d0e5f7
  10. #e8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#147cd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #147cd8
  2. #1f7ccf
  3. #2a7dc6
  4. #347dbe
  5. #3f7eb5
  6. #4a7eac
  7. #557ea3
  8. #607f9a
  9. #6a7f92
  10. #758089
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #617ba8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4c83dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2673d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00929f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3d80da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2076d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ab9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-147cd8 {
  color: #147cd8;
}
Background
.bg-147cd8 {
  background-color: #147cd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-147cd8 {
  border: 2px solid #147cd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #147cd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 124 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 83% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-147cd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #147cd8, #141ad8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-147cd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 124 216 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.67 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.42 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.15 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.77 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.97 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.38 #eb8327 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#147cd8  rgb(20, 124, 216)  hsl(208, 83%, 46%)  Tufts Blue
#d87014  rgb(216, 112, 20)  hsl(28, 83%, 46%)  Chocolate
#d8147c  rgb(216, 20, 124)  hsl(328, 83%, 46%)  Telemagenta
#7cd814  rgb(124, 216, 20)  hsl(88, 83%, 46%)  Yellow Green