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#1678EA

#1678ea ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1678ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 47.06% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.6% cyan, 48.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 212.26°, with 83.46% saturation and 50.2% 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 3.96.

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Relative luminance0.1954

Complementary

  1. #1678ea
  2. #ea8816

Split complementary

  1. #1678ea
  2. #ea1e16
  3. #e2ea16

Analogous

  1. #16e2ea
  2. #1678ea
  3. #1e16ea

Triadic

  1. #1678ea
  2. #ea1678
  3. #78ea16

Tetradic

  1. #1678ea
  2. #8816ea
  3. #ea8816
  4. #78ea16

Square

  1. #1678ea
  2. #ea16e2
  3. #ea8816
  4. #16ea1e

Monochromatic

  1. #09305f
  2. #0f54a5
  3. #1678ea
  4. #5ca1f0
  5. #a2c9f7

Shades

#1678ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1678ea
  2. #146cd3
  3. #1260bb
  4. #0f54a4
  5. #0d488c
  6. #0b3c75
  7. #09305e
  8. #072446
  9. #04182f
  10. #020c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1678ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1678ea
  2. #2d86ec
  3. #4593ee
  4. #5ca1f0
  5. #73aef2
  6. #8bbcf5
  7. #a2c9f7
  8. #b9d7f9
  9. #d0e4fb
  10. #e8f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1678ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1678ea
  2. #2179df
  3. #2b7ad5
  4. #367aca
  5. #407bc0
  6. #4b7cb5
  7. #567daa
  8. #607ea0
  9. #6b7e95
  10. #757f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6179b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3184ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0072e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0094a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #287fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0074e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1678ea {
  color: #1678ea;
}
Background
.bg-1678ea {
  background-color: #1678ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1678ea {
  border: 2px solid #1678ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1678ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 120 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1678ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1678ea, #1e16ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1678ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 120 234 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.96 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.97 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.18 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.17 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.98 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 7.05 #e98715 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#1678ea  rgb(22, 120, 234)  hsl(212, 83%, 50%)  Tufts Blue
#ea8816  rgb(234, 136, 22)  hsl(32, 83%, 50%)  Fulvous
#ea1678  rgb(234, 22, 120)  hsl(332, 83%, 50%)  Razzmatazz
#78ea16  rgb(120, 234, 22)  hsl(92, 83%, 50%)  Lawn Green