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#147DD4

#147dd4 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#147dd4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 49.02% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.57% cyan, 41.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 207.19°, with 82.76% saturation and 45.49% 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 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.79.

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Relative luminance0.1957

Complementary

  1. #147dd4
  2. #d46b14

Split complementary

  1. #147dd4
  2. #d4141d
  3. #d4cb14

Analogous

  1. #14d4cb
  2. #147dd4
  3. #141dd4

Triadic

  1. #147dd4
  2. #d4147d
  3. #7dd414

Tetradic

  1. #147dd4
  2. #6b14d4
  3. #d46b14
  4. #7dd414

Square

  1. #147dd4
  2. #cb14d4
  3. #d46b14
  4. #1dd414

Monochromatic

  1. #072b48
  2. #0d548e
  3. #147dd4
  4. #47a2ee
  5. #8dc5f4

Shades

#147dd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #147dd4
  2. #1271bf
  3. #1064aa
  4. #0e5894
  5. #0c4b7f
  6. #0a3f6a
  7. #083255
  8. #062640
  9. #04192a
  10. #020d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#147dd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #147dd4
  2. #2c8ad8
  3. #4397dd
  4. #5ba4e1
  5. #72b1e5
  6. #8abeea
  7. #a1cbee
  8. #b9d8f2
  9. #d0e5f6
  10. #e8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#147dd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #147dd4
  2. #1f7dcc
  3. #2a7ec3
  4. #347ebb
  5. #3f7eb2
  6. #4a7faa
  7. #557fa2
  8. #607f99
  9. #6a7f91
  10. #758088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #617ba6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5183d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f73d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00929e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4081d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2777d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ab6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-147dd4 {
  color: #147dd4;
}
Background
.bg-147dd4 {
  background-color: #147dd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-147dd4 {
  border: 2px solid #147dd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #147dd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 125 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 83% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-147dd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #147dd4, #141dd4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-147dd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 125 212 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.79 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.72 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.07 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.66 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.53 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.65 #eb822b Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#147dd4  rgb(20, 125, 212)  hsl(207, 83%, 45%)  Tufts Blue
#d46b14  rgb(212, 107, 20)  hsl(27, 83%, 45%)  Chocolate
#d4147d  rgb(212, 20, 125)  hsl(327, 83%, 45%)  Telemagenta
#7dd414  rgb(125, 212, 20)  hsl(87, 83%, 45%)  Yellow Green