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#017ECB

#017ecb ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#017ecb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 49.41% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.51% cyan, 37.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 202.87°, with 99.02% saturation and 40% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.86.

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Relative luminance0.1924

Complementary

  1. #017ecb
  2. #cb4e01

Split complementary

  1. #017ecb
  2. #cb0119
  3. #cbb301

Analogous

  1. #01cbb3
  2. #017ecb
  3. #0119cb

Triadic

  1. #017ecb
  2. #cb017e
  3. #7ecb01

Tetradic

  1. #017ecb
  2. #4e01cb
  3. #cb4e01
  4. #7ecb01

Square

  1. #017ecb
  2. #b301cb
  3. #cb4e01
  4. #19cb01

Monochromatic

  1. #002033
  2. #014f7f
  3. #017ecb
  4. #1ba7fe
  5. #67c5fe

Shades

#017ecb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #017ecb
  2. #0171b7
  3. #0165a2
  4. #01588e
  5. #014c7a
  6. #013f66
  7. #003251
  8. #00263d
  9. #001929
  10. #000d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#017ecb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #017ecb
  2. #1a8bd0
  3. #3498d5
  4. #4da5db
  5. #67b2e0
  6. #80bfe5
  7. #99cbea
  8. #b3d8ef
  9. #cce5f5
  10. #e6f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#017ecb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #017ecb
  2. #0e7ec4
  3. #1a7ebc
  4. #277fb5
  5. #347fad
  6. #417fa6
  7. #4d7f9e
  8. #5a7f97
  9. #67808f
  10. #738088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f7ba1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5882ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3b72ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00919b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4480cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2d77ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008ab0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-017ecb {
  color: #017ecb;
}
Background
.bg-017ecb {
  background-color: #017ecb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-017ecb {
  border: 2px solid #017ecb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #017ecb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 126 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 99% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-017ecb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #017ecb, #0119cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-017ecb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 126 203 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.86 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.94 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.64 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.34 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.48 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.48 #fe8134 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#017ecb  rgb(1, 126, 203)  hsl(203, 99%, 40%)  Steel Blue
#cb4e01  rgb(203, 78, 1)  hsl(23, 99%, 40%)  Burnt Orange
#cb017e  rgb(203, 1, 126)  hsl(323, 99%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#7ecb01  rgb(126, 203, 1)  hsl(83, 99%, 40%)  Yellow Green