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#457ACE

#457ace ≈ Tufts Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#457ace is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 47.84% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.5% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 216.79°, with 58.3% saturation and 53.92% 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 4.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Tufts Blue (#417dc1), ΔE 2.58.

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Relative luminance0.1964

Complementary

  1. #457ace
  2. #ce9945

Split complementary

  1. #457ace
  2. #ce5445
  3. #bece45

Analogous

  1. #45bece
  2. #457ace
  3. #5445ce

Triadic

  1. #457ace
  2. #ce457a
  3. #7ace45

Tetradic

  1. #457ace
  2. #9945ce
  3. #ce9945
  4. #7ace45

Square

  1. #457ace
  2. #ce45be
  3. #ce9945
  4. #45ce54

Monochromatic

  1. #193561
  2. #29569d
  3. #457ace
  4. #82a5de
  5. #bed1ee

Shades

#457ace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #457ace
  2. #3e6eb9
  3. #3762a5
  4. #305590
  5. #29497c
  6. #233d67
  7. #1c3152
  8. #15253e
  9. #0e1829
  10. #070c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#457ace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #457ace
  2. #5887d3
  3. #6a95d8
  4. #7da2dd
  5. #8fafe2
  6. #a2bde7
  7. #b5caeb
  8. #c7d7f0
  9. #dae4f5
  10. #ecf2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#457ace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #457ace
  2. #4b7bc6
  3. #517bbe
  4. #577cb7
  5. #5d7caf
  6. #637da7
  7. #687e9f
  8. #6e7e97
  9. #747f90
  10. #7a7f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #697aa3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5381d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e75cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008d9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e7fd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4177cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0086b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-457ace {
  color: #457ace;
}
Background
.bg-457ace {
  background-color: #457ace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-457ace {
  border: 2px solid #457ace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #457ace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 122 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 58% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-457ace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #457ace, #5445ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-457ace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 122 206 / 0.35);
}

#417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.58 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.69 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.24 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.60 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.66 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.00 #ba8531 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Tufts Blue
#457ace  rgb(69, 122, 206)  hsl(217, 58%, 54%)  Tufts Blue
#ce9945  rgb(206, 153, 69)  hsl(37, 58%, 54%)  Indian Yellow
#ce457a  rgb(206, 69, 122)  hsl(337, 58%, 54%)  Telemagenta
#7ace45  rgb(122, 206, 69)  hsl(97, 58%, 54%)  Lime Green