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#0873CA

#0873ca ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0873ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 45.1% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.04% cyan, 43.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.91°, with 92.38% saturation and 41.18% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 0.55.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1658

Complementary

  1. #0873ca
  2. #ca5f08

Split complementary

  1. #0873ca
  2. #ca0812
  3. #cac008

Analogous

  1. #08cac0
  2. #0873ca
  3. #0812ca

Triadic

  1. #0873ca
  2. #ca0873
  3. #73ca08

Tetradic

  1. #0873ca
  2. #5f08ca
  3. #ca5f08
  4. #73ca08

Square

  1. #0873ca
  2. #c008ca
  3. #ca5f08
  4. #12ca08

Monochromatic

  1. #021f37
  2. #054980
  3. #0873ca
  4. #289af6
  5. #72bdf9

Shades

#0873ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0873ca
  2. #0768b6
  3. #065ca2
  4. #06518d
  5. #054579
  6. #043a65
  7. #032e51
  8. #02233d
  9. #021728
  10. #010c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0873ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0873ca
  2. #2181cf
  3. #398fd5
  4. #529dda
  5. #6babdf
  6. #84b9e5
  7. #9cc7ea
  8. #b5d5ef
  9. #cee3f4
  10. #e6f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0873ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0873ca
  2. #1474c3
  3. #2076bb
  4. #2c77b4
  5. #3878ac
  6. #447aa5
  7. #507b9e
  8. #5c7c96
  9. #687d8f
  10. #747f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #59729d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #457acd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1f6ac8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008894 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3677cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #186ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0080ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0873ca {
  color: #0873ca;
}
Background
.bg-0873ca {
  background-color: #0873ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-0873ca {
  border: 2px solid #0873ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0873ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 115 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 92% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0873ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0873ca, #0812ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0873ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 115 202 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 0.55 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.35 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.28 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 6.06 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.23 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.77 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.21 #f78c35 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

True Blue
#0873ca  rgb(8, 115, 202)  hsl(207, 92%, 41%)  True Blue
#ca5f08  rgb(202, 95, 8)  hsl(27, 92%, 41%)  Burnt Orange
#ca0873  rgb(202, 8, 115)  hsl(327, 92%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#73ca08  rgb(115, 202, 8)  hsl(87, 92%, 41%)  Yellow Green