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#1981E2

#1981e2 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1981e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.94% cyan, 42.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 208.96°, with 80.08% saturation and 49.22% 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 5.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.214

Complementary

  1. #1981e2
  2. #e27a19

Split complementary

  1. #1981e2
  2. #e2191c
  3. #e2df19

Analogous

  1. #19e2df
  2. #1981e2
  3. #191ce2

Triadic

  1. #1981e2
  2. #e21981
  3. #81e219

Tetradic

  1. #1981e2
  2. #7a19e2
  3. #e27a19
  4. #81e219

Square

  1. #1981e2
  2. #df19e2
  3. #e27a19
  4. #1ce219

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3258
  2. #115a9d
  3. #1981e2
  4. #5ba6ed
  5. #a0cbf4

Shades

#1981e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1981e2
  2. #1774cb
  3. #1467b5
  4. #125a9e
  5. #0f4d88
  6. #0d4171
  7. #0a345a
  8. #082744
  9. #051a2d
  10. #030d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1981e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1981e2
  2. #308ee5
  3. #479ae8
  4. #5ea7eb
  5. #75b3ee
  6. #8cc0f1
  7. #a3cdf3
  8. #bad9f6
  9. #d1e6f9
  10. #e8f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1981e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1981e2
  2. #2381d8
  3. #2e81ce
  4. #3881c5
  5. #4281bb
  6. #4d81b1
  7. #5780a7
  8. #61809d
  9. #6b8094
  10. #76808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6680b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4e89e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2678e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3f86e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #217be1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0090c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1981e2 {
  color: #1981e2;
}
Background
.bg-1981e2 {
  background-color: #1981e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1981e2 {
  border: 2px solid #1981e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1981e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 129 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 80% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1981e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1981e2, #191ce2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1981e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 129 226 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.77 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.63 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.02 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.22 #e67e1d Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#1981e2  rgb(25, 129, 226)  hsl(209, 80%, 49%)  Tufts Blue
#e27a19  rgb(226, 122, 25)  hsl(29, 80%, 49%)  Cadmium Orange
#e21981  rgb(226, 25, 129)  hsl(329, 80%, 49%)  Telemagenta
#81e219  rgb(129, 226, 25)  hsl(89, 80%, 49%)  Lawn Green