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#3879BA

#3879ba ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3879ba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 47.45% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.89% cyan, 34.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 53.72% saturation and 47.45% 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 4.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.01.

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Relative luminance0.1806

Complementary

  1. #3879ba
  2. #ba7938

Split complementary

  1. #3879ba
  2. #ba3838
  3. #baba38

Analogous

  1. #38baba
  2. #3879ba
  3. #3838ba

Triadic

  1. #3879ba
  2. #ba3879
  3. #79ba38

Tetradic

  1. #3879ba
  2. #7938ba
  3. #ba7938
  4. #79ba38

Square

  1. #3879ba
  2. #ba38ba
  3. #ba7938
  4. #38ba38

Monochromatic

  1. #152c44
  2. #26537f
  3. #3879ba
  4. #6c9fd3
  5. #a7c5e4

Shades

#3879ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3879ba
  2. #326da7
  3. #2d6195
  4. #275582
  5. #224970
  6. #1c3d5d
  7. #16304a
  8. #112438
  9. #0b1825
  10. #060c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#3879ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3879ba
  2. #4c86c1
  3. #6094c8
  4. #74a1cf
  5. #88afd6
  6. #9cbcdd
  7. #afc9e3
  8. #c3d7ea
  9. #d7e4f1
  10. #ebf2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3879ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3879ba
  2. #3f7ab4
  3. #467aae
  4. #4e7ba9
  5. #557ca3
  6. #5c7d9d
  7. #637d97
  8. #6a7e91
  9. #727f8c
  10. #797f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #637796 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c7dbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4970b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008891 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #507bbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4374b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0082a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3879ba {
  color: #3879ba;
}
Background
.bg-3879ba {
  background-color: #3879ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3879ba {
  border: 2px solid #3879ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3879ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 121 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 54% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3879ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3879ba, #3838ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3879ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 121 186 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.01 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.93 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.65 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.72 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.38 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.66 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.49 #c78645 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#3879ba  rgb(56, 121, 186)  hsl(210, 54%, 47%)  Tufts Blue
#ba7938  rgb(186, 121, 56)  hsl(30, 54%, 47%)  Copper
#ba3879  rgb(186, 56, 121)  hsl(330, 54%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#79ba38  rgb(121, 186, 56)  hsl(90, 54%, 47%)  Kelly Green