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#117FE3

#117fe3 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117fe3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 49.8% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.51% cyan, 44.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 208.57°, with 86.07% saturation and 47.84% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.2084

Complementary

  1. #117fe3
  2. #e37511

Split complementary

  1. #117fe3
  2. #e31116
  3. #e3de11

Analogous

  1. #11e3de
  2. #117fe3
  3. #1116e3

Triadic

  1. #117fe3
  2. #e3117f
  3. #7fe311

Tetradic

  1. #117fe3
  2. #7511e3
  3. #e37511
  4. #7fe311

Square

  1. #117fe3
  2. #de11e3
  3. #e37511
  4. #16e311

Monochromatic

  1. #062f55
  2. #0c579c
  3. #117fe3
  4. #4fa4f2
  5. #96c9f7

Shades

#117fe3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117fe3
  2. #0f72cc
  3. #0e66b6
  4. #0c599f
  5. #0a4c88
  6. #094072
  7. #07335b
  8. #052644
  9. #03192d
  10. #020d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#117fe3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117fe3
  2. #298ce6
  3. #4199e9
  4. #58a5eb
  5. #70b2ee
  6. #88bff1
  7. #a0ccf4
  8. #b8d9f7
  9. #cfe5f9
  10. #e7f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117fe3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117fe3
  2. #1c7fd9
  3. #277fcf
  4. #327fc5
  5. #3d7fbb
  6. #4980b2
  7. #5480a8
  8. #5f809e
  9. #6a8094
  10. #75808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647eb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4987e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1976e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3a84e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #167ae2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ec1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117fe3 {
  color: #117fe3;
}
Background
.bg-117fe3 {
  background-color: #117fe3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117fe3 {
  border: 2px solid #117fe3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117fe3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 127 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 86% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117fe3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117fe3, #1116e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117fe3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 127 227 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.36 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.45 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.77 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.88 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.28 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.76 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.90 #ee801c Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#117fe3  rgb(17, 127, 227)  hsl(209, 86%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#e37511  rgb(227, 117, 17)  hsl(29, 86%, 48%)  Cadmium Orange
#e3117f  rgb(227, 17, 127)  hsl(329, 86%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#7fe311  rgb(127, 227, 17)  hsl(89, 86%, 48%)  Lawn Green