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#3A80DA

#3a80da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3a80da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.75% red, 50.2% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.39% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 213.75°, with 68.38% saturation and 54.12% 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 5.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.72.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.214

Complementary

  1. #3a80da
  2. #da943a

Split complementary

  1. #3a80da
  2. #da443a
  3. #d0da3a

Analogous

  1. #3ad0da
  2. #3a80da
  3. #443ada

Triadic

  1. #3a80da
  2. #da3a80
  3. #80da3a

Tetradic

  1. #3a80da
  2. #943ada
  3. #da943a
  4. #80da3a

Square

  1. #3a80da
  2. #da3ad0
  3. #da943a
  4. #3ada44

Monochromatic

  1. #133868
  2. #205ba8
  3. #3a80da
  4. #7aaae6
  5. #bbd3f2

Shades

#3a80da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3a80da
  2. #3473c4
  3. #2e66ae
  4. #295a99
  5. #234d83
  6. #1d406d
  7. #173357
  8. #112641
  9. #0c1a2c
  10. #060d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#3a80da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3a80da
  2. #4e8dde
  3. #6199e1
  4. #75a6e5
  5. #89b3e9
  6. #9dc0ed
  7. #b0ccf0
  8. #c4d9f4
  9. #d8e6f8
  10. #ebf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3a80da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3a80da
  2. #4180d1
  3. #4880c8
  4. #4f80bf
  5. #5680b6
  6. #5d80ad
  7. #6480a4
  8. #6b809b
  9. #728092
  10. #798089
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a80ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5587de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3979d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b85dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a7cd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3a80da {
  color: #3a80da;
}
Background
.bg-3a80da {
  background-color: #3a80da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3a80da {
  border: 2px solid #3a80da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3a80da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 58 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 68% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3a80da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3a80da, #443ada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3a80da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(58 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.72 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.57 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.54 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.44 #c57f25 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#3a80da  rgb(58, 128, 218)  hsl(214, 68%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#da943a  rgb(218, 148, 58)  hsl(34, 68%, 54%)  Carrot Orange
#da3a80  rgb(218, 58, 128)  hsl(334, 68%, 54%)  Telemagenta
#80da3a  rgb(128, 218, 58)  hsl(94, 68%, 54%)  Yellow Green