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#2A80DA

#2a80da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2a80da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 50.2% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.73% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 210.68°, with 70.4% saturation and 50.98% 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 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2099

Complementary

  1. #2a80da
  2. #da842a

Split complementary

  1. #2a80da
  2. #da2c2a
  3. #d8da2a

Analogous

  1. #2ad8da
  2. #2a80da
  3. #2c2ada

Triadic

  1. #2a80da
  2. #da2a80
  3. #80da2a

Tetradic

  1. #2a80da
  2. #842ada
  3. #da842a
  4. #80da2a

Square

  1. #2a80da
  2. #da2ad8
  3. #da842a
  4. #2ada2c

Monochromatic

  1. #10355b
  2. #1b5a9c
  3. #2a80da
  4. #6ba7e5
  5. #accef1

Shades

#2a80da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2a80da
  2. #2673c4
  3. #2266ae
  4. #1d5a99
  5. #194d83
  6. #15406d
  7. #113357
  8. #0d2641
  9. #081a2c
  10. #040d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2a80da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2a80da
  2. #3f8dde
  3. #5599e1
  4. #6aa6e5
  5. #7fb3e9
  6. #95c0ed
  7. #aaccf0
  8. #bfd9f4
  9. #d4e6f8
  10. #eaf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2a80da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2a80da
  2. #3380d1
  3. #3b80c8
  4. #4480bf
  5. #4c80b6
  6. #5580ad
  7. #5e80a4
  8. #66809b
  9. #6f8092
  10. #778089
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #677fab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5387de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3477d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0095a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4684dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #307bd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2a80da {
  color: #2a80da;
}
Background
.bg-2a80da {
  background-color: #2a80da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2a80da {
  border: 2px solid #2a80da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2a80da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 70% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2a80da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2a80da, #2c2ada);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2a80da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.71 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.14 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.28 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.30 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.55 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.77 #d57f25 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#2a80da  rgb(42, 128, 218)  hsl(211, 70%, 51%)  Tufts Blue
#da842a  rgb(218, 132, 42)  hsl(31, 70%, 51%)  Bronze
#da2a80  rgb(218, 42, 128)  hsl(331, 70%, 51%)  Telemagenta
#80da2a  rgb(128, 218, 42)  hsl(91, 70%, 51%)  Yellow Green