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#217EEB

#217eeb ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#217eeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 49.41% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.96% cyan, 46.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 212.38°, with 83.47% saturation and 52.55% 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 5.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.85.

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Relative luminance0.2124

Complementary

  1. #217eeb
  2. #eb8e21

Split complementary

  1. #217eeb
  2. #eb2921
  3. #e3eb21

Analogous

  1. #21e3eb
  2. #217eeb
  3. #2921eb

Triadic

  1. #217eeb
  2. #eb217e
  3. #7eeb21

Tetradic

  1. #217eeb
  2. #8e21eb
  3. #eb8e21
  4. #7eeb21

Square

  1. #217eeb
  2. #eb21e3
  3. #eb8e21
  4. #21eb29

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3669
  2. #1059b0
  3. #217eeb
  4. #67a7f1
  5. #add0f8

Shades

#217eeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #217eeb
  2. #1e71d4
  3. #1a65bc
  4. #1758a5
  5. #144c8d
  6. #113f76
  7. #0d325e
  8. #0a2647
  9. #07192f
  10. #030d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#217eeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #217eeb
  2. #378bed
  3. #4d98ef
  4. #64a5f1
  5. #7ab2f3
  6. #90bff5
  7. #a6cbf7
  8. #bcd8f9
  9. #d3e5fb
  10. #e9f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#217eeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #217eeb
  2. #2b7ee0
  3. #347ed6
  4. #3e7fcb
  5. #477fc0
  6. #517fb6
  7. #5a7fab
  8. #647fa0
  9. #6d8095
  10. #77808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #667fb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4089ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0098a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3684ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0c7aea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-217eeb {
  color: #217eeb;
}
Background
.bg-217eeb {
  background-color: #217eeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-217eeb {
  border: 2px solid #217eeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #217eeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 126 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-217eeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #217eeb, #2921eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-217eeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 126 235 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.85 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.90 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.47 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.54 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.35 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.94 #de8114 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#217eeb  rgb(33, 126, 235)  hsl(212, 83%, 53%)  Tufts Blue
#eb8e21  rgb(235, 142, 33)  hsl(32, 83%, 53%)  Carrot Orange
#eb217e  rgb(235, 33, 126)  hsl(332, 83%, 53%)  Rose
#7eeb21  rgb(126, 235, 33)  hsl(92, 83%, 53%)  Lawn Green