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#217CED

#217ced ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#217ced is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 48.63% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.08% cyan, 47.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 213.24°, with 85% saturation and 52.94% 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 4.03.

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Relative luminance0.2085

Complementary

  1. #217ced
  2. #ed9221

Split complementary

  1. #217ced
  2. #ed2c21
  3. #e2ed21

Analogous

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #217ced
  3. #2c21ed

Triadic

  1. #217ced
  2. #ed217c
  3. #7ced21

Tetradic

  1. #217ced
  2. #9221ed
  3. #ed9221
  4. #7ced21

Square

  1. #217ced
  2. #ed21e2
  3. #ed9221
  4. #21ed2c

Monochromatic

  1. #09356c
  2. #0f58b3
  3. #217ced
  4. #68a6f3
  5. #afd0f8

Shades

#217ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #217ced
  2. #1e70d5
  3. #1a63be
  4. #1757a6
  5. #144a8e
  6. #113e77
  7. #0d325f
  8. #0a2547
  9. #07192f
  10. #030c18
  11. #000000

Tints

#217ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #217ced
  2. #3789ef
  3. #4d96f1
  4. #64a3f2
  5. #7ab0f4
  6. #90bef6
  7. #a6cbf8
  8. #bcd8fa
  9. #d3e5fb
  10. #e9f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#217ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #217ced
  2. #2b7ce2
  3. #347dd7
  4. #3e7dcc
  5. #477ec1
  6. #517eb7
  7. #5a7eac
  8. #647fa1
  9. #6d7f96
  10. #77808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #657db5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3988f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0076eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3183f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0078ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-217ced {
  color: #217ced;
}
Background
.bg-217ced {
  background-color: #217ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-217ced {
  border: 2px solid #217ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #217ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 124 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 85% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-217ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #217ced, #2c21ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-217ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 124 237 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.03 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.72 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.32 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.68 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.92 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.99 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.04 #de8312 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#217ced  rgb(33, 124, 237)  hsl(213, 85%, 53%)  Tufts Blue
#ed9221  rgb(237, 146, 33)  hsl(33, 85%, 53%)  Carrot Orange
#ed217c  rgb(237, 33, 124)  hsl(333, 85%, 53%)  Rose
#7ced21  rgb(124, 237, 33)  hsl(93, 85%, 53%)  Lawn Green