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#024EA4

#024ea4 ≈ Yale Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#024ea4 is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 30.59% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.78% cyan, 52.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 35.69% black. Its hue angle is 211.85°, with 97.59% saturation and 32.55% 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 corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yale Blue (#0f4d92), ΔE 2.25.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#006699
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Relative luminance0.0814

Complementary

  1. #024ea4
  2. #a45802

Split complementary

  1. #024ea4
  2. #a40702
  3. #9fa402

Analogous

  1. #029fa4
  2. #024ea4
  3. #0702a4

Triadic

  1. #024ea4
  2. #a4024e
  3. #4ea402

Tetradic

  1. #024ea4
  2. #5802a4
  3. #a45802
  4. #4ea402

Square

  1. #024ea4
  2. #a4029f
  3. #a45802
  4. #02a407

Monochromatic

  1. #000a14
  2. #012a58
  3. #024ea4
  4. #0372f0
  5. #429afd

Shades

#024ea4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #024ea4
  2. #024694
  3. #023e83
  4. #013773
  5. #012f62
  6. #012752
  7. #011f42
  8. #011731
  9. #001021
  10. #000810
  11. #000000

Tints

#024ea4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #024ea4
  2. #1b60ad
  3. #3571b6
  4. #4e83bf
  5. #6795c8
  6. #81a7d2
  7. #9ab8db
  8. #b3cae4
  9. #ccdced
  10. #e6edf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#024ea4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #024ea4
  2. #0f53a0
  3. #1b589d
  4. #285d99
  5. #346296
  6. #416792
  7. #4e6c8e
  8. #5a718b
  9. #677687
  10. #737b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #515151 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3f507b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0e58a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #004aa2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006371 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0954a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #004ca3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #005c88 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-024ea4 {
  color: #024ea4;
}
Background
.bg-024ea4 {
  background-color: #024ea4;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-024ea4 {
  border: 2px solid #024ea4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #024ea4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 78 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 98% 33%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-024ea4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #024ea4, #0702a4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-024ea4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 78 164 / 0.35);
}

#0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 2.25 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 3.02 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 3.30 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.49 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 6.61 #003399 Smalt ΔE 9.11 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.15 #fdb15b Inverted #515151 Grayscale 

Yale Blue
#024ea4  rgb(2, 78, 164)  hsl(212, 98%, 33%)  Yale Blue
#a45802  rgb(164, 88, 2)  hsl(32, 98%, 33%)  Ginger
#a4024e  rgb(164, 2, 78)  hsl(332, 98%, 33%)  Jazzberry Jam
#4ea402  rgb(78, 164, 2)  hsl(92, 98%, 33%)  Kelly Green