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#1E79EA

#1e79ea ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1e79ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 11.76% red, 47.45% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.18% cyan, 48.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 213.24°, with 82.93% saturation and 51.76% 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 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.91.

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Relative luminance0.1989

Complementary

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #ea8f1e

Split complementary

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #ea291e
  3. #dfea1e

Analogous

  1. #1edfea
  2. #1e79ea
  3. #291eea

Triadic

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #ea1e79
  3. #79ea1e

Tetradic

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #8f1eea
  3. #ea8f1e
  4. #79ea1e

Square

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #ea1edf
  3. #ea8f1e
  4. #1eea29

Monochromatic

  1. #093366
  2. #1055ab
  3. #1e79ea
  4. #64a3f1
  5. #aaccf7

Shades

#1e79ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #1b6dd3
  3. #1861bb
  4. #1555a4
  5. #12498c
  6. #0f3d75
  7. #0c305e
  8. #092446
  9. #06182f
  10. #030c17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1e79ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #3586ec
  3. #4b94ee
  4. #62a1f0
  5. #78aff2
  6. #8fbcf5
  7. #a5c9f7
  8. #bcd7f9
  9. #d2e4fb
  10. #e9f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1e79ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1e79ea
  2. #287adf
  3. #327ad5
  4. #3b7bca
  5. #457cc0
  6. #4f7db5
  7. #597daa
  8. #637ea0
  9. #6c7f95
  10. #767f8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #637ab3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3485ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0073e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2d80ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0075e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1e79ea {
  color: #1e79ea;
}
Background
.bg-1e79ea {
  background-color: #1e79ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1e79ea {
  border: 2px solid #1e79ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1e79ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 30 121 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1e79ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1e79ea, #291eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1e79ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(30 121 234 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.91 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.06 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.51 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.08 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.69 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.13 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.13 #e18615 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#1e79ea  rgb(30, 121, 234)  hsl(213, 83%, 52%)  Tufts Blue
#ea8f1e  rgb(234, 143, 30)  hsl(33, 83%, 52%)  Carrot Orange
#ea1e79  rgb(234, 30, 121)  hsl(333, 83%, 52%)  Razzmatazz
#79ea1e  rgb(121, 234, 30)  hsl(93, 83%, 52%)  Lawn Green