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#237BCE

#237bce ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#237bce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 48.24% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.01% cyan, 40.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 209.12°, with 70.95% saturation and 47.25% 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 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.18.

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Relative luminance0.1898

Complementary

  1. #237bce
  2. #ce7623

Split complementary

  1. #237bce
  2. #ce2326
  3. #cecb23

Analogous

  1. #23cecb
  2. #237bce
  3. #2326ce

Triadic

  1. #237bce
  2. #ce237b
  3. #7bce23

Tetradic

  1. #237bce
  2. #7623ce
  3. #ce7623
  4. #7bce23

Square

  1. #237bce
  2. #cb23ce
  3. #ce7623
  4. #26ce23

Monochromatic

  1. #0d2d4b
  2. #18548d
  3. #237bce
  4. #5aa1e3
  5. #9cc6ee

Shades

#237bce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #237bce
  2. #206fb9
  3. #1c62a5
  4. #195690
  5. #154a7c
  6. #123e67
  7. #0e3152
  8. #0b253e
  9. #071929
  10. #040c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#237bce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #237bce
  2. #3988d3
  3. #4f95d8
  4. #65a3dd
  5. #7bb0e2
  6. #91bde7
  7. #a7caeb
  8. #bdd7f0
  9. #d3e5f5
  10. #e9f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#237bce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #237bce
  2. #2c7cc6
  3. #367cbe
  4. #3f7db7
  5. #487daf
  6. #527ea7
  7. #5b7e9f
  8. #647f97
  9. #6d7f90
  10. #778088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #617aa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5281d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3572cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008f9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #447fd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2f76cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-237bce {
  color: #237bce;
}
Background
.bg-237bce {
  background-color: #237bce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-237bce {
  border: 2px solid #237bce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #237bce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 123 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 71% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-237bce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #237bce, #2326ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-237bce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 123 206 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.18 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.91 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.05 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.40 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.42 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.09 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.16 #dc8431 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#237bce  rgb(35, 123, 206)  hsl(209, 71%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#ce7623  rgb(206, 118, 35)  hsl(29, 71%, 47%)  Ochre
#ce237b  rgb(206, 35, 123)  hsl(329, 71%, 47%)  Telemagenta
#7bce23  rgb(123, 206, 35)  hsl(89, 71%, 47%)  Yellow Green