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#1981DA

#1981da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1981da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 50.59% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.53% cyan, 40.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 207.67°, with 79.42% saturation and 47.65% 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 5.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.35.

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Relative luminance0.2097

Complementary

  1. #1981da
  2. #da7219

Split complementary

  1. #1981da
  2. #da1921
  3. #dad319

Analogous

  1. #19dad3
  2. #1981da
  3. #1921da

Triadic

  1. #1981da
  2. #da1981
  3. #81da19

Tetradic

  1. #1981da
  2. #7219da
  3. #da7219
  4. #81da19

Square

  1. #1981da
  2. #d319da
  3. #da7219
  4. #21da19

Monochromatic

  1. #093051
  2. #115895
  3. #1981da
  4. #54a6eb
  5. #99caf3

Shades

#1981da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1981da
  2. #1774c4
  3. #1467ae
  4. #125a99
  5. #0f4d83
  6. #0d416d
  7. #0a3457
  8. #082741
  9. #051a2c
  10. #030d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#1981da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1981da
  2. #308ede
  3. #479ae1
  4. #5ea7e5
  5. #75b3e9
  6. #8cc0ed
  7. #a3cdf0
  8. #bad9f4
  9. #d1e6f8
  10. #e8f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1981da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1981da
  2. #2381d1
  3. #2e81c8
  4. #3881bf
  5. #4281b6
  6. #4d81ad
  7. #5780a4
  8. #61809b
  9. #6b8092
  10. #768089
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657fab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5487de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3377d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4485dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2a7bd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ebb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1981da {
  color: #1981da;
}
Background
.bg-1981da {
  background-color: #1981da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1981da {
  border: 2px solid #1981da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1981da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 129 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 79% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1981da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1981da, #1921da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1981da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 129 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.35 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.10 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.24 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.20 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.56 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.40 #e67e25 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#1981da  rgb(25, 129, 218)  hsl(208, 79%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#da7219  rgb(218, 114, 25)  hsl(28, 79%, 48%)  Chocolate
#da1981  rgb(218, 25, 129)  hsl(328, 79%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#81da19  rgb(129, 218, 25)  hsl(88, 79%, 48%)  Yellow Green