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#217CCE

#217cce ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#217cce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 48.63% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.98% cyan, 39.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 208.44°, with 72.38% saturation and 46.86% 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 4.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.32.

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Relative luminance0.1919

Complementary

  1. #217cce
  2. #ce7321

Split complementary

  1. #217cce
  2. #ce2126
  3. #cec921

Analogous

  1. #21cec9
  2. #217cce
  3. #2126ce

Triadic

  1. #217cce
  2. #ce217c
  3. #7cce21

Tetradic

  1. #217cce
  2. #7321ce
  3. #ce7321
  4. #7cce21

Square

  1. #217cce
  2. #c921ce
  3. #ce7321
  4. #26ce21

Monochromatic

  1. #0c2d4a
  2. #16548c
  3. #217cce
  4. #57a1e4
  5. #99c6ef

Shades

#217cce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #217cce
  2. #1e70b9
  3. #1a63a5
  4. #175790
  5. #144a7c
  6. #113e67
  7. #0d3252
  8. #0a253e
  9. #071929
  10. #030c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#217cce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #217cce
  2. #3789d3
  3. #4d96d8
  4. #64a3dd
  5. #7ab0e2
  6. #90bee7
  7. #a6cbeb
  8. #bcd8f0
  9. #d3e5f5
  10. #e9f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#217cce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #217cce
  2. #2b7cc6
  3. #347dbe
  4. #3e7db7
  5. #477eaf
  6. #517ea7
  7. #5a7e9f
  8. #647f97
  9. #6d7f90
  10. #778088
  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 #627aa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5482d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3772cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00909b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #457fd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3076cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-217cce {
  color: #217cce;
}
Background
.bg-217cce {
  background-color: #217cce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-217cce {
  border: 2px solid #217cce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #217cce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 124 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 72% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-217cce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #217cce, #2126ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-217cce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 124 206 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.32 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.28 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.86 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.13 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.20 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.50 #de8331 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#217cce  rgb(33, 124, 206)  hsl(208, 72%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#ce7321  rgb(206, 115, 33)  hsl(28, 72%, 47%)  Ochre
#ce217c  rgb(206, 33, 124)  hsl(328, 72%, 47%)  Telemagenta
#7cce21  rgb(124, 206, 33)  hsl(88, 72%, 47%)  Yellow Green