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#2C7CCE

#2c7cce ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2c7cce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 48.63% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.64% cyan, 39.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 210.37°, with 64.8% saturation and 49.02% 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 4.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 1.7.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1941

Complementary

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #ce7e2c

Split complementary

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #ce2d2c
  3. #cdce2c

Analogous

  1. #2ccdce
  2. #2c7cce
  3. #2d2cce

Triadic

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #ce2c7c
  3. #7cce2c

Tetradic

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #7e2cce
  3. #ce7e2c
  4. #7cce2c

Square

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #ce2ccd
  3. #ce7e2c
  4. #2cce2d

Monochromatic

  1. #113050
  2. #1f568f
  3. #2c7cce
  4. #68a3df
  5. #a7c9ec

Shades

#2c7cce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #2870b9
  3. #2363a5
  4. #1f5790
  5. #1a4a7c
  6. #163e67
  7. #123252
  8. #0d253e
  9. #091929
  10. #040c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2c7cce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #4189d3
  3. #5696d8
  4. #6ba3dd
  5. #80b0e2
  6. #96bee7
  7. #abcbeb
  8. #c0d8f0
  9. #d5e5f5
  10. #eaf2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2c7cce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2c7cce
  2. #347cc6
  3. #3d7dbe
  4. #457db7
  5. #4e7eaf
  6. #567ea7
  7. #5e7e9f
  8. #677f97
  9. #6f7f90
  10. #788088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647ba2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5482d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3a73cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008f9b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4780d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3577cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2c7cce {
  color: #2c7cce;
}
Background
.bg-2c7cce {
  background-color: #2c7cce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2c7cce {
  border: 2px solid #2c7cce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2c7cce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 124 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2c7cce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2c7cce, #2d2cce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2c7cce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 124 206 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 1.70 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.34 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.83 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.03 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.52 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.94 #d38331 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#2c7cce  rgb(44, 124, 206)  hsl(210, 65%, 49%)  Tufts Blue
#ce7e2c  rgb(206, 126, 44)  hsl(30, 65%, 49%)  Bronze
#ce2c7c  rgb(206, 44, 124)  hsl(330, 65%, 49%)  Telemagenta
#7cce2c  rgb(124, 206, 44)  hsl(90, 65%, 49%)  Yellow Green