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#117FE4

#117fe4 ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#117fe4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.54% cyan, 44.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 208.72°, with 86.12% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.18:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 3.41.

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Relative luminance0.209

Complementary

  1. #117fe4
  2. #e47611

Split complementary

  1. #117fe4
  2. #e41116
  3. #e4df11

Analogous

  1. #11e4df
  2. #117fe4
  3. #1116e4

Triadic

  1. #117fe4
  2. #e4117f
  3. #7fe411

Tetradic

  1. #117fe4
  2. #7611e4
  3. #e47611
  4. #7fe411

Square

  1. #117fe4
  2. #df11e4
  3. #e47611
  4. #16e411

Monochromatic

  1. #063056
  2. #0c579d
  3. #117fe4
  4. #50a4f2
  5. #97c9f7

Shades

#117fe4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #117fe4
  2. #0f72cd
  3. #0e66b6
  4. #0c59a0
  5. #0a4c89
  6. #094072
  7. #07335b
  8. #052644
  9. #03192e
  10. #020d17
  11. #000000

Tints

#117fe4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #117fe4
  2. #298ce7
  3. #4199e9
  4. #58a5ec
  5. #70b2ef
  6. #88bff2
  7. #a0ccf4
  8. #b8d9f7
  9. #cfe5fa
  10. #e7f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#117fe4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #117fe4
  2. #1c7fda
  3. #277fd0
  4. #327fc6
  5. #3d7fbc
  6. #4980b2
  7. #5480a8
  8. #5f809e
  9. #6a8094
  10. #75808a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #647eb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4888e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1676e2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3984e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #147ae3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ec2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-117fe4 {
  color: #117fe4;
}
Background
.bg-117fe4 {
  background-color: #117fe4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-117fe4 {
  border: 2px solid #117fe4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #117fe4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 127 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 86% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-117fe4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #117fe4, #1116e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-117fe4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 127 228 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.84 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.23 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.81 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.86 #ee801b Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#117fe4  rgb(17, 127, 228)  hsl(209, 86%, 48%)  Tufts Blue
#e47611  rgb(228, 118, 17)  hsl(29, 86%, 48%)  Cadmium Orange
#e4117f  rgb(228, 17, 127)  hsl(329, 86%, 48%)  Telemagenta
#7fe411  rgb(127, 228, 17)  hsl(89, 86%, 48%)  Lawn Green