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#2280CE

#2280ce ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2280ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 50.2% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.5% cyan, 37.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 207.21°, with 71.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.98.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2023

Complementary

  1. #2280ce
  2. #ce7022

Split complementary

  1. #2280ce
  2. #ce222a
  3. #cec622

Analogous

  1. #22cec6
  2. #2280ce
  3. #222ace

Triadic

  1. #2280ce
  2. #ce2280
  3. #80ce22

Tetradic

  1. #2280ce
  2. #7022ce
  3. #ce7022
  4. #80ce22

Square

  1. #2280ce
  2. #c622ce
  3. #ce7022
  4. #2ace22

Monochromatic

  1. #0c2e4b
  2. #17578c
  3. #2280ce
  4. #59a5e4
  5. #9bc8ee

Shades

#2280ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2280ce
  2. #1f73b9
  3. #1b66a5
  4. #185a90
  5. #144d7c
  6. #114067
  7. #0e3352
  8. #0a263e
  9. #071a29
  10. #030d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2280ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2280ce
  2. #388dd3
  3. #4e99d8
  4. #64a6dd
  5. #7ab3e2
  6. #91c0e7
  7. #a7cceb
  8. #bdd9f0
  9. #d3e6f5
  10. #e9f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2280ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2280ce
  2. #2b80c6
  3. #3580be
  4. #3e80b7
  5. #4880af
  6. #5180a7
  7. #5a809f
  8. #648097
  9. #6d8090
  10. #778088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647ea3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a85d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4075cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00939d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a83d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #367acd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008cb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2280ce {
  color: #2280ce;
}
Background
.bg-2280ce {
  background-color: #2280ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2280ce {
  border: 2px solid #2280ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2280ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 128 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 72% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2280ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2280ce, #222ace);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2280ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 128 206 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.98 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.30 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.02 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.63 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.24 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.32 #dd7f31 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#2280ce  rgb(34, 128, 206)  hsl(207, 72%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#ce7022  rgb(206, 112, 34)  hsl(27, 72%, 47%)  Chocolate
#ce2280  rgb(206, 34, 128)  hsl(327, 72%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#80ce22  rgb(128, 206, 34)  hsl(87, 72%, 47%)  Yellow Green