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#0779DB

#0779db ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0779db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.75% red, 47.45% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.8% cyan, 44.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 207.74°, with 93.81% saturation and 44.31% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 2.56.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1883

Complementary

  1. #0779db
  2. #db6907

Split complementary

  1. #0779db
  2. #db070f
  3. #dbd307

Analogous

  1. #07dbd3
  2. #0779db
  3. #070fdb

Triadic

  1. #0779db
  2. #db0779
  3. #79db07

Tetradic

  1. #0779db
  2. #6907db
  3. #db6907
  4. #79db07

Square

  1. #0779db
  2. #d307db
  3. #db6907
  4. #0fdb07

Monochromatic

  1. #022747
  2. #055091
  3. #0779db
  4. #369ff9
  5. #80c2fb

Shades

#0779db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0779db
  2. #066dc5
  3. #0661af
  4. #055599
  5. #044983
  6. #043d6e
  7. #033058
  8. #022442
  9. #01182c
  10. #010c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#0779db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0779db
  2. #2086df
  3. #3994e2
  4. #51a1e6
  5. #6aafe9
  6. #83bced
  7. #9cc9f1
  8. #b5d7f4
  9. #cde4f8
  10. #e6f2fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0779db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0779db
  2. #137ad2
  3. #1f7ac9
  4. #2b7bc0
  5. #377cb7
  6. #447dae
  7. #507da4
  8. #5c7e9b
  9. #687f92
  10. #747f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f78a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4381df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0d70d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00919f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #347edd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0a74da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0779db {
  color: #0779db;
}
Background
.bg-0779db {
  background-color: #0779db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0779db {
  border: 2px solid #0779db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0779db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 121 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 94% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0779db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0779db, #070fdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0779db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 121 219 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.56 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.98 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.79 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.11 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.73 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.65 #f88624 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

True Blue
#0779db  rgb(7, 121, 219)  hsl(208, 94%, 44%)  True Blue
#db6907  rgb(219, 105, 7)  hsl(28, 94%, 44%)  Chocolate
#db0779  rgb(219, 7, 121)  hsl(328, 94%, 44%)  Telemagenta
#79db07  rgb(121, 219, 7)  hsl(88, 94%, 44%)  Yellow Green