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#2D80CA

#2d80ca ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2d80ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 50.2% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.72% cyan, 36.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 208.28°, with 63.56% saturation and 48.43% 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 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.46.

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Relative luminance0.2026

Complementary

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #ca772d

Split complementary

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #ca2d32
  3. #cac52d

Analogous

  1. #2dcac5
  2. #2d80ca
  3. #2d32ca

Triadic

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #ca2d80
  3. #80ca2d

Tetradic

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #772dca
  3. #ca772d
  4. #80ca2d

Square

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #c52dca
  3. #ca772d
  4. #32ca2d

Monochromatic

  1. #11314d
  2. #1f588b
  3. #2d80ca
  4. #66a5dd
  5. #a5caeb

Shades

#2d80ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #2973b6
  3. #2466a2
  4. #205a8d
  5. #1b4d79
  6. #174065
  7. #123351
  8. #0e263d
  9. #091a28
  10. #050d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2d80ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #428dcf
  3. #5799d5
  4. #6ca6da
  5. #81b3df
  6. #96c0e5
  7. #abccea
  8. #c0d9ef
  9. #d5e6f4
  10. #eaf2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2d80ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2d80ca
  2. #3580c3
  3. #3e80bb
  4. #4680b4
  5. #4e80ac
  6. #5780a5
  7. #5f809e
  8. #678096
  9. #6f808f
  10. #788087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #667ea1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d84cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4676c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00929b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e83cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3d7ac9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008bb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2d80ca {
  color: #2d80ca;
}
Background
.bg-2d80ca {
  background-color: #2d80ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2d80ca {
  border: 2px solid #2d80ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2d80ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 128 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 64% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2d80ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2d80ca, #2d32ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2d80ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 128 202 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.46 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.88 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.76 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.05 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.65 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.32 #d27f35 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#2d80ca  rgb(45, 128, 202)  hsl(208, 64%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#ca772d  rgb(202, 119, 45)  hsl(28, 64%, 48%)  Ochre
#ca2d80  rgb(202, 45, 128)  hsl(328, 64%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#80ca2d  rgb(128, 202, 45)  hsl(88, 64%, 48%)  Yellow Green