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#247BCA

#247bca ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#247bca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 48.24% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.18% cyan, 39.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 208.55°, with 69.75% saturation and 46.67% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.27.

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Relative luminance0.1881

Complementary

  1. #247bca
  2. #ca7324

Split complementary

  1. #247bca
  2. #ca2428
  3. #cac624

Analogous

  1. #24cac6
  2. #247bca
  3. #2428ca

Triadic

  1. #247bca
  2. #ca247b
  3. #7bca24

Tetradic

  1. #247bca
  2. #7324ca
  3. #ca7324
  4. #7bca24

Square

  1. #247bca
  2. #c624ca
  3. #ca7324
  4. #28ca24

Monochromatic

  1. #0d2c48
  2. #185389
  3. #247bca
  4. #59a1e1
  5. #9ac6ed

Shades

#247bca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #247bca
  2. #206fb6
  3. #1d62a2
  4. #19568d
  5. #164a79
  6. #123e65
  7. #0e3151
  8. #0b253d
  9. #071928
  10. #040c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#247bca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #247bca
  2. #3a88cf
  3. #5095d5
  4. #66a3da
  5. #7cb0df
  6. #92bde5
  7. #a7caea
  8. #bdd7ef
  9. #d3e5f4
  10. #e9f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#247bca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #247bca
  2. #2d7cc3
  3. #367cbb
  4. #407db4
  5. #497dac
  6. #527ea5
  7. #5b7e9e
  8. #647f96
  9. #6e7f8f
  10. #778087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #61799f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5580cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a71c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008e99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #467ecc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3275c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-247bca {
  color: #247bca;
}
Background
.bg-247bca {
  background-color: #247bca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-247bca {
  border: 2px solid #247bca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #247bca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 123 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-247bca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #247bca, #2428ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-247bca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 123 202 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.27 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.87 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.62 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.20 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.52 #db8435 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#247bca  rgb(36, 123, 202)  hsl(209, 70%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#ca7324  rgb(202, 115, 36)  hsl(29, 70%, 47%)  Ochre
#ca247b  rgb(202, 36, 123)  hsl(329, 70%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#7bca24  rgb(123, 202, 36)  hsl(89, 70%, 47%)  Yellow Green