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#147CDA

#147cda ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#147cda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.83% cyan, 43.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 208.48°, 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.7.

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Relative luminance0.1963

Complementary

  1. #147cda
  2. #da7214

Split complementary

  1. #147cda
  2. #da1419
  3. #dad514

Analogous

  1. #14dad5
  2. #147cda
  3. #1419da

Triadic

  1. #147cda
  2. #da147c
  3. #7cda14

Tetradic

  1. #147cda
  2. #7214da
  3. #da7214
  4. #7cda14

Square

  1. #147cda
  2. #d514da
  3. #da7214
  4. #19da14

Monochromatic

  1. #072c4e
  2. #0e5494
  3. #147cda
  4. #4ca1ef
  5. #92c6f5

Shades

#147cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #147cda
  2. #1270c4
  3. #1063ae
  4. #0e5799
  5. #0c4a83
  6. #0a3e6d
  7. #083257
  8. #062541
  9. #04192c
  10. #020c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#147cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #147cda
  2. #2c89de
  3. #4396e1
  4. #5ba3e5
  5. #72b0e9
  6. #8abeed
  7. #a1cbf0
  8. #b9d8f4
  9. #d0e5f8
  10. #e8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#147cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #147cda
  2. #1f7cd1
  3. #2a7dc8
  4. #347dbf
  5. #3f7eb6
  6. #4a7ead
  7. #557ea4
  8. #607f9b
  9. #6a7f92
  10. #758089
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #617ba9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b83de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2273d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0093a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3c81dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1d77d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008aba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-147cda {
  color: #147cda;
}
Background
.bg-147cda {
  background-color: #147cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-147cda {
  border: 2px solid #147cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #147cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 124 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 83% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-147cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #147cda, #1419da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-147cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 124 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.70 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.50 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.52 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.35 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.70 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.77 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.33 #eb8325 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#147cda  rgb(20, 124, 218)  hsl(208, 83%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#da7214  rgb(218, 114, 20)  hsl(28, 83%, 47%)  Ochre
#da147c  rgb(218, 20, 124)  hsl(328, 83%, 47%)  Telemagenta
#7cda14  rgb(124, 218, 20)  hsl(88, 83%, 47%)  Yellow Green