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#050FEC

#050fec ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#050fec is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 5.88% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.88% cyan, 93.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 237.4°, with 95.85% saturation and 47.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. 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 9.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.08.

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Web safe#0000ff
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Relative luminance0.0643

Complementary

  1. #050fec
  2. #ece205

Split complementary

  1. #050fec
  2. #ec6e05
  3. #82ec05

Analogous

  1. #0582ec
  2. #050fec
  3. #6e05ec

Triadic

  1. #050fec
  2. #ec050f
  3. #0fec05

Tetradic

  1. #050fec
  2. #e205ec
  3. #ece205
  4. #0fec05

Square

  1. #050fec
  2. #ec0582
  3. #ece205
  4. #05ec6e

Monochromatic

  1. #020556
  2. #030aa1
  3. #050fec
  4. #424afb
  5. #8d92fd

Shades

#050fec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #050fec
  2. #050ed4
  3. #040cbd
  4. #040ba5
  5. #03098e
  6. #030876
  7. #02065e
  8. #020547
  9. #01032f
  10. #010218
  11. #000000

Tints

#050fec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #050fec
  2. #1e27ee
  3. #373ff0
  4. #5057f2
  5. #696ff4
  6. #8287f6
  7. #9b9ff7
  8. #b4b7f9
  9. #cdcffb
  10. #e6e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#050fec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #050fec
  2. #111ae1
  3. #1e26d6
  4. #2a31cc
  5. #363cc1
  6. #4348b6
  7. #4f53ab
  8. #5b5ea0
  9. #676996
  10. #74758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #484848 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3839a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0053f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003be9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00648b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0042ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002fea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004fba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-050fec {
  color: #050fec;
}
Background
.bg-050fec {
  background-color: #050fec;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-050fec {
  border: 2px solid #050fec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #050fec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 15 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 96% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-050fec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #050fec, #6e05ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-050fec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 15 236 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.08 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 3.81 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.50 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.39 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.22 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.39 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.57 #faf013 Inverted #484848 Grayscale 

Blue
#050fec  rgb(5, 15, 236)  hsl(237, 96%, 47%)  Blue
#ece205  rgb(236, 226, 5)  hsl(57, 96%, 47%)  Titanium Yellow
#ec050f  rgb(236, 5, 15)  hsl(357, 96%, 47%)  Lust
#0fec05  rgb(15, 236, 5)  hsl(117, 96%, 47%)  Lime