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#187ADA

#187ada ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#187ada is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 47.84% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.99% cyan, 44.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 209.69°, with 80.17% saturation and 47.45% 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 4.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.66.

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Relative luminance0.1918

Complementary

  1. #187ada
  2. #da7818

Split complementary

  1. #187ada
  2. #da1819
  3. #dad918

Analogous

  1. #18dad9
  2. #187ada
  3. #1819da

Triadic

  1. #187ada
  2. #da187a
  3. #7ada18

Tetradic

  1. #187ada
  2. #7818da
  3. #da7818
  4. #7ada18

Square

  1. #187ada
  2. #d918da
  3. #da7818
  4. #19da18

Monochromatic

  1. #092d50
  2. #105395
  3. #187ada
  4. #52a0ec
  5. #97c6f4

Shades

#187ada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #187ada
  2. #166ec4
  3. #1362ae
  4. #115599
  5. #0e4983
  6. #0c3d6d
  7. #0a3157
  8. #072541
  9. #05182c
  10. #020c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#187ada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #187ada
  2. #2f87de
  3. #4695e1
  4. #5da2e5
  5. #74afe9
  6. #8cbded
  7. #a3caf0
  8. #bad7f4
  9. #d1e4f8
  10. #e8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#187ada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #187ada
  2. #227bd1
  3. #2d7bc8
  4. #377cbf
  5. #427cb6
  6. #4c7dad
  7. #567ea4
  8. #617e9b
  9. #6b7f92
  10. #767f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6179a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4782de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1b71d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00919f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #397fdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #1a75d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0089ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-187ada {
  color: #187ada;
}
Background
.bg-187ada {
  background-color: #187ada;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-187ada {
  border: 2px solid #187ada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #187ada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 122 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 80% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-187ada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #187ada, #1819da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-187ada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 122 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.66 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.87 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.14 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.11 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.37 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.25 #e78525 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#187ada  rgb(24, 122, 218)  hsl(210, 80%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#da7818  rgb(218, 120, 24)  hsl(30, 80%, 47%)  Ochre
#da187a  rgb(218, 24, 122)  hsl(330, 80%, 47%)  Telemagenta
#7ada18  rgb(122, 218, 24)  hsl(90, 80%, 47%)  Yellow Green