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#257FEE

#257fee ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#257fee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 49.8% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.45% cyan, 46.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 213.13°, with 85.53% saturation and 53.92% 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 5.35:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.2175

Complementary

  1. #257fee
  2. #ee9425

Split complementary

  1. #257fee
  2. #ee2f25
  3. #e4ee25

Analogous

  1. #25e4ee
  2. #257fee
  3. #2f25ee

Triadic

  1. #257fee
  2. #ee257f
  3. #7fee25

Tetradic

  1. #257fee
  2. #9425ee
  3. #ee9425
  4. #7fee25

Square

  1. #257fee
  2. #ee25e4
  3. #ee9425
  4. #25ee2f

Monochromatic

  1. #093871
  2. #0e5ab8
  3. #257fee
  4. #6ca9f4
  5. #b3d2f9

Shades

#257fee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #257fee
  2. #2172d6
  3. #1e66be
  4. #1a59a7
  5. #164c8f
  6. #134077
  7. #0f335f
  8. #0b2647
  9. #071930
  10. #040d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#257fee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #257fee
  2. #3b8cf0
  3. #5199f1
  4. #66a5f3
  5. #7cb2f5
  6. #92bff7
  7. #a8ccf8
  8. #bed9fa
  9. #d3e5fc
  10. #e9f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#257fee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #257fee
  2. #2e7fe3
  3. #377fd8
  4. #407fcd
  5. #497fc2
  6. #5380b7
  7. #5c80ac
  8. #6580a1
  9. #6e8096
  10. #77808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6880b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #408af2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0078ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009aab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3786f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0d7bed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0090c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-257fee {
  color: #257fee;
}
Background
.bg-257fee {
  background-color: #257fee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-257fee {
  border: 2px solid #257fee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #257fee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 127 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-257fee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #257fee, #2f25ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-257fee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 127 238 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.70 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.60 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.00 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.55 #da8011 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#257fee  rgb(37, 127, 238)  hsl(213, 86%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#ee9425  rgb(238, 148, 37)  hsl(33, 86%, 54%)  Carrot Orange
#ee257f  rgb(238, 37, 127)  hsl(333, 86%, 54%)  Rose
#7fee25  rgb(127, 238, 37)  hsl(93, 86%, 54%)  Lawn Green