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#197FDB

#197fdb ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#197fdb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 49.8% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.58% cyan, 42.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 208.45°, with 79.51% saturation and 47.84% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.95.

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Relative luminance0.205

Complementary

  1. #197fdb
  2. #db7519

Split complementary

  1. #197fdb
  2. #db191e
  3. #dbd619

Analogous

  1. #19dbd6
  2. #197fdb
  3. #191edb

Triadic

  1. #197fdb
  2. #db197f
  3. #7fdb19

Tetradic

  1. #197fdb
  2. #7519db
  3. #db7519
  4. #7fdb19

Square

  1. #197fdb
  2. #d619db
  3. #db7519
  4. #1edb19

Monochromatic

  1. #092f52
  2. #115796
  3. #197fdb
  4. #55a4ec
  5. #9ac9f3

Shades

#197fdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #197fdb
  2. #1772c5
  3. #1466af
  4. #125999
  5. #0f4c83
  6. #0d406e
  7. #0a3358
  8. #082642
  9. #05192c
  10. #030d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#197fdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #197fdb
  2. #308cdf
  3. #4799e2
  4. #5ea5e6
  5. #75b2e9
  6. #8cbfed
  7. #a3ccf1
  8. #bad9f4
  9. #d1e5f8
  10. #e8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#197fdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #197fdb
  2. #237fd2
  3. #2e7fc9
  4. #387fc0
  5. #427fb7
  6. #4d80ae
  7. #5780a4
  8. #61809b
  9. #6b8092
  10. #768089
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647eab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5086df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2c75d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4083dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2579da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-197fdb {
  color: #197fdb;
}
Background
.bg-197fdb {
  background-color: #197fdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-197fdb {
  border: 2px solid #197fdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #197fdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 127 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-197fdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #197fdb, #191edb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-197fdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 127 219 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.95 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.23 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.65 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.67 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.23 #e68024 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#197fdb  rgb(25, 127, 219)  hsl(208, 80%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#db7519  rgb(219, 117, 25)  hsl(28, 80%, 48%)  Ochre
#db197f  rgb(219, 25, 127)  hsl(328, 80%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#7fdb19  rgb(127, 219, 25)  hsl(88, 80%, 48%)  Yellow Green