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#2B80DA

#2b80da ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2b80da is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 50.2% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.28% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 210.86°, with 70.28% saturation and 51.18% 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 2.69.

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Relative luminance0.2101

Complementary

  1. #2b80da
  2. #da852b

Split complementary

  1. #2b80da
  2. #da2e2b
  3. #d7da2b

Analogous

  1. #2bd7da
  2. #2b80da
  3. #2e2bda

Triadic

  1. #2b80da
  2. #da2b80
  3. #80da2b

Tetradic

  1. #2b80da
  2. #852bda
  3. #da852b
  4. #80da2b

Square

  1. #2b80da
  2. #da2bd7
  3. #da852b
  4. #2bda2e

Monochromatic

  1. #10355c
  2. #1b5a9d
  3. #2b80da
  4. #6ca7e5
  5. #adcef1

Shades

#2b80da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2b80da
  2. #2773c4
  3. #2266ae
  4. #1e5a99
  5. #1a4d83
  6. #16406d
  7. #113357
  8. #0d2641
  9. #091a2c
  10. #040d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2b80da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2b80da
  2. #408dde
  3. #5599e1
  4. #6ba6e5
  5. #80b3e9
  6. #95c0ed
  7. #aaccf0
  8. #bfd9f4
  9. #d5e6f8
  10. #eaf2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2b80da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2b80da
  2. #3480d1
  3. #3c80c8
  4. #4580bf
  5. #4d80b6
  6. #5680ad
  7. #5e80a4
  8. #67809b
  9. #6f8092
  10. #788089
  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 #317bd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008dbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2b80da {
  color: #2b80da;
}
Background
.bg-2b80da {
  background-color: #2b80da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2b80da {
  border: 2px solid #2b80da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2b80da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 128 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 70% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2b80da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2b80da, #2e2bda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2b80da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 128 218 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.69 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.28 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.30 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.50 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.81 #d47f25 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#2b80da  rgb(43, 128, 218)  hsl(211, 70%, 51%)  Tufts Blue
#da852b  rgb(218, 133, 43)  hsl(31, 70%, 51%)  Fulvous
#da2b80  rgb(218, 43, 128)  hsl(331, 70%, 51%)  Telemagenta
#80da2b  rgb(128, 218, 43)  hsl(91, 70%, 51%)  Yellow Green