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#037BCB

#037bcb ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#037bcb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 48.24% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.52% cyan, 39.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 97.09% saturation and 40.39% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 3.39.

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Relative luminance0.185

Complementary

  1. #037bcb
  2. #cb5303

Split complementary

  1. #037bcb
  2. #cb0317
  3. #cbb703

Analogous

  1. #03cbb7
  2. #037bcb
  3. #0317cb

Triadic

  1. #037bcb
  2. #cb037b
  3. #7bcb03

Tetradic

  1. #037bcb
  2. #5303cb
  3. #cb5303
  4. #7bcb03

Square

  1. #037bcb
  2. #b703cb
  3. #cb5303
  4. #17cb03

Monochromatic

  1. #012034
  2. #024d80
  3. #037bcb
  4. #1fa3fc
  5. #6ac2fd

Shades

#037bcb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #037bcb
  2. #036fb7
  3. #0262a2
  4. #02568e
  5. #024a7a
  6. #023e66
  7. #013151
  8. #01253d
  9. #011929
  10. #000c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#037bcb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #037bcb
  2. #1c88d0
  3. #3595d5
  4. #4fa3db
  5. #68b0e0
  6. #81bde5
  7. #9acaea
  8. #b3d7ef
  9. #cde5f5
  10. #e6f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#037bcb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #037bcb
  2. #107cc4
  3. #1c7cbc
  4. #297db5
  5. #357dad
  6. #427ea6
  7. #4e7e9e
  8. #5b7f97
  9. #677f8f
  10. #748088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e79a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5380ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3470c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008e99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #417ecd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2875ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-037bcb {
  color: #037bcb;
}
Background
.bg-037bcb {
  background-color: #037bcb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-037bcb {
  border: 2px solid #037bcb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #037bcb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 123 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 97% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-037bcb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #037bcb, #0317cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-037bcb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 123 203 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.39 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.52 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.65 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.00 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.86 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 8.09 #fc8434 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

True Blue
#037bcb  rgb(3, 123, 203)  hsl(204, 97%, 40%)  True Blue
#cb5303  rgb(203, 83, 3)  hsl(24, 97%, 40%)  Burnt Orange
#cb037b  rgb(203, 3, 123)  hsl(324, 97%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#7bcb03  rgb(123, 203, 3)  hsl(84, 97%, 40%)  Yellow Green