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#257EEC

#257eec ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#257eec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 49.41% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.32% cyan, 46.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 213.17°, with 83.97% saturation and 53.53% 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 5.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.99.

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Relative luminance0.2137

Complementary

  1. #257eec
  2. #ec9325

Split complementary

  1. #257eec
  2. #ec3025
  3. #e1ec25

Analogous

  1. #25e1ec
  2. #257eec
  3. #3025ec

Triadic

  1. #257eec
  2. #ec257e
  3. #7eec25

Tetradic

  1. #257eec
  2. #9325ec
  3. #ec9325
  4. #7eec25

Square

  1. #257eec
  2. #ec25e1
  3. #ec9325
  4. #25ec30

Monochromatic

  1. #0a376e
  2. #105ab5
  3. #257eec
  4. #6ba8f2
  5. #b2d1f8

Shades

#257eec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #257eec
  2. #2171d4
  3. #1e65bd
  4. #1a58a5
  5. #164c8e
  6. #133f76
  7. #0f325e
  8. #0b2647
  9. #07192f
  10. #040d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#257eec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #257eec
  2. #3b8bee
  3. #5198f0
  4. #66a5f2
  5. #7cb2f4
  6. #92bff6
  7. #a8cbf7
  8. #bed8f9
  9. #d3e5fb
  10. #e9f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#257eec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #257eec
  2. #2e7ee1
  3. #377ed6
  4. #407fcc
  5. #497fc1
  6. #537fb6
  7. #5c7fab
  8. #657fa0
  9. #6e8096
  10. #77808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #677fb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4089f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0077ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0099a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3785ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0e7aeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-257eec {
  color: #257eec;
}
Background
.bg-257eec {
  background-color: #257eec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-257eec {
  border: 2px solid #257eec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #257eec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 126 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 84% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-257eec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #257eec, #3025ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-257eec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 126 236 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.00 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.36 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.68 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.38 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.85 #da8113 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#257eec  rgb(37, 126, 236)  hsl(213, 84%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#ec9325  rgb(236, 147, 37)  hsl(33, 84%, 54%)  Carrot Orange
#ec257e  rgb(236, 37, 126)  hsl(333, 84%, 54%)  Rose
#7eec25  rgb(126, 236, 37)  hsl(93, 84%, 54%)  Lawn Green