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#0159EA

#0159ea ≈ Royal Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0159ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.57% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 217.34°, with 99.15% saturation and 46.08% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 5.5.

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Relative luminance0.1309

Complementary

  1. #0159ea
  2. #ea9201

Split complementary

  1. #0159ea
  2. #ea1e01
  3. #ceea01

Analogous

  1. #01ceea
  2. #0159ea
  3. #1e01ea

Triadic

  1. #0159ea
  2. #ea0159
  3. #59ea01

Tetradic

  1. #0159ea
  2. #9201ea
  3. #ea9201
  4. #59ea01

Square

  1. #0159ea
  2. #ea01ce
  3. #ea9201
  4. #01ea1e

Monochromatic

  1. #001f52
  2. #013c9e
  3. #0159ea
  4. #3984fe
  5. #86b3fe

Shades

#0159ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0159ea
  2. #0150d3
  3. #0147bb
  4. #013ea4
  5. #01358c
  6. #012d75
  7. #00245e
  8. #001b46
  9. #00122f
  10. #000917
  11. #000000

Tints

#0159ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0159ea
  2. #1a6aec
  3. #347aee
  4. #4d8bf0
  5. #679bf2
  6. #80acf5
  7. #99bdf7
  8. #b3cdf9
  9. #ccdefb
  10. #e6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0159ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0159ea
  2. #0e5ddf
  3. #1a61d5
  4. #2765ca
  5. #3469c0
  6. #416db5
  7. #4d70aa
  8. #5a74a0
  9. #677895
  10. #737c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #656565 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4f61ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006fef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0067ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0072bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0159ea {
  color: #0159ea;
}
Background
.bg-0159ea {
  background-color: #0159ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-0159ea {
  border: 2px solid #0159ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0159ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0159ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0159ea, #1e01ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0159ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.50 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.51 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 6.47 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.61 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.06 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.22 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.22 #fea615 Inverted #656565 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#0159ea  rgb(1, 89, 234)  hsl(217, 99%, 46%)  Royal Blue
#ea9201  rgb(234, 146, 1)  hsl(37, 99%, 46%)  Carrot Orange
#ea0159  rgb(234, 1, 89)  hsl(337, 99%, 46%)  Raspberry
#59ea01  rgb(89, 234, 1)  hsl(97, 99%, 46%)  Harlequin