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#007BCD

#007bcd ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#007bcd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 48.24% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 100% saturation and 40.2% 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 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 3.3.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1857

Complementary

  1. #007bcd
  2. #cd5200

Split complementary

  1. #007bcd
  2. #cd0015
  3. #cdb900

Analogous

  1. #00cdb9
  2. #007bcd
  3. #0015cd

Triadic

  1. #007bcd
  2. #cd007b
  3. #7bcd00

Tetradic

  1. #007bcd
  2. #5200cd
  3. #cd5200
  4. #7bcd00

Square

  1. #007bcd
  2. #b900cd
  3. #cd5200
  4. #15cd00

Monochromatic

  1. #001f34
  2. #004d81
  3. #007bcd
  4. #1ba4ff
  5. #67c2ff

Shades

#007bcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #007bcd
  2. #006fb9
  3. #0062a4
  4. #005690
  5. #004a7b
  6. #003e67
  7. #003152
  8. #00253e
  9. #001929
  10. #000c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#007bcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #007bcd
  2. #1a88d2
  3. #3395d7
  4. #4da3dc
  5. #66b0e1
  6. #80bde6
  7. #99caeb
  8. #b3d7f0
  9. #cce5f5
  10. #e6f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#007bcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #007bcd
  2. #0d7cc5
  3. #1a7cbe
  4. #267db6
  5. #337dae
  6. #407ea7
  7. #4d7e9f
  8. #5a7f97
  9. #667f8f
  10. #738088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e79a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5280d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3170cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008f9a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3f7ecf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2575cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-007bcd {
  color: #007bcd;
}
Background
.bg-007bcd {
  background-color: #007bcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-007bcd {
  border: 2px solid #007bcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #007bcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 123 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-007bcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #007bcd, #0015cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-007bcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 123 205 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.30 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.44 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.76 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.32 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.87 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.10 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 8.20 #ff8432 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

True Blue
#007bcd  rgb(0, 123, 205)  hsl(204, 100%, 40%)  True Blue
#cd5200  rgb(205, 82, 0)  hsl(24, 100%, 40%)  Burnt Orange
#cd007b  rgb(205, 0, 123)  hsl(324, 100%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#7bcd00  rgb(123, 205, 0)  hsl(84, 100%, 40%)  Yellow Green