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#3B7DBA

#3b7dba ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3b7dba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.14% red, 49.02% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.28% cyan, 32.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 208.82°, with 51.84% saturation and 48.04% 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 4.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 1.71.

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Relative luminance0.1914

Complementary

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #ba783b

Split complementary

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #ba3b3d
  3. #bab83b

Analogous

  1. #3bbab8
  2. #3b7dba
  3. #3b3dba

Triadic

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #ba3b7d
  3. #7dba3b

Tetradic

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #783bba
  3. #ba783b
  4. #7dba3b

Square

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #b83bba
  3. #ba783b
  4. #3dba3b

Monochromatic

  1. #162f46
  2. #295680
  3. #3b7dba
  4. #70a3d2
  5. #aac8e4

Shades

#3b7dba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #3571a7
  3. #2f6495
  4. #295882
  5. #234b70
  6. #1e3f5d
  7. #18324a
  8. #122638
  9. #0c1925
  10. #060d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#3b7dba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #4f8ac1
  3. #6297c8
  4. #76a4cf
  5. #89b1d6
  6. #9dbedd
  7. #b1cbe3
  8. #c4d8ea
  9. #d8e5f1
  10. #ebf2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3b7dba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3b7dba
  2. #427db4
  3. #497eae
  4. #507ea9
  5. #577ea3
  6. #5e7f9d
  7. #647f97
  8. #6b7f91
  9. #727f8c
  10. #798086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #667b97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6280bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5074b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008b93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #557fbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4977b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3b7dba {
  color: #3b7dba;
}
Background
.bg-3b7dba {
  background-color: #3b7dba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3b7dba {
  border: 2px solid #3b7dba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3b7dba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 59 125 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 52% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3b7dba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3b7dba, #3b3dba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3b7dba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(59 125 186 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 1.71 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.29 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.14 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.67 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.72 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.48 #c48245 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#3b7dba  rgb(59, 125, 186)  hsl(209, 52%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#ba783b  rgb(186, 120, 59)  hsl(29, 52%, 48%)  Copper
#ba3b7d  rgb(186, 59, 125)  hsl(329, 52%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#7dba3b  rgb(125, 186, 59)  hsl(89, 52%, 48%)  Kelly Green