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#2280DA

#2280da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2280da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.4% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 209.35°, with 73.02% saturation and 49.41% 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.9.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2084

Complementary

  1. #2280da
  2. #da7c22

Split complementary

  1. #2280da
  2. #da2224
  3. #dad822

Analogous

  1. #22dad8
  2. #2280da
  3. #2224da

Triadic

  1. #2280da
  2. #da2280
  3. #80da22

Tetradic

  1. #2280da
  2. #7c22da
  3. #da7c22
  4. #80da22

Square

  1. #2280da
  2. #d822da
  3. #da7c22
  4. #24da22

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3256
  2. #185998
  3. #2280da
  4. #62a6e7
  5. #a4cbf1

Shades

#2280da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2280da
  2. #1f73c4
  3. #1b66ae
  4. #185a99
  5. #144d83
  6. #11406d
  7. #0e3357
  8. #0a2641
  9. #071a2c
  10. #030d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2280da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2280da
  2. #388dde
  3. #4e99e1
  4. #64a6e5
  5. #7ab3e9
  6. #91c0ed
  7. #a7ccf0
  8. #bdd9f4
  9. #d3e6f8
  10. #e9f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2280da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2280da
  2. #2b80d1
  3. #3580c8
  4. #3e80bf
  5. #4880b6
  6. #5180ad
  7. #5a80a4
  8. #64809b
  9. #6d8092
  10. #778089
  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 #657fab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5387de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3277d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0096a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4484dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2c7ad9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2280da {
  color: #2280da;
}
Background
.bg-2280da {
  background-color: #2280da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2280da {
  border: 2px solid #2280da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2280da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 73% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2280da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2280da, #2224da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2280da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.90 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.30 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.36 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.51 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.95 #dd7f25 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#2280da  rgb(34, 128, 218)  hsl(209, 73%, 49%)  Tufts Blue
#da7c22  rgb(218, 124, 34)  hsl(29, 73%, 49%)  Ochre
#da2280  rgb(218, 34, 128)  hsl(329, 73%, 49%)  Telemagenta
#80da22  rgb(128, 218, 34)  hsl(89, 73%, 49%)  Yellow Green