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#0873CE

#0873ce ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0873ce 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 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.12% cyan, 44.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 207.58°, with 92.52% saturation and 41.96% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 0.14.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1677

Complementary

  1. #0873ce
  2. #ce6308

Split complementary

  1. #0873ce
  2. #ce0810
  3. #cec608

Analogous

  1. #08cec6
  2. #0873ce
  3. #0810ce

Triadic

  1. #0873ce
  2. #ce0873
  3. #73ce08

Tetradic

  1. #0873ce
  2. #6308ce
  3. #ce6308
  4. #73ce08

Square

  1. #0873ce
  2. #c608ce
  3. #ce6308
  4. #10ce08

Monochromatic

  1. #02213b
  2. #054a84
  3. #0873ce
  4. #2c99f7
  5. #75bdfa

Shades

#0873ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0873ce
  2. #0768b9
  3. #065ca5
  4. #065190
  5. #05457c
  6. #043a67
  7. #032e52
  8. #02233e
  9. #021729
  10. #010c15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0873ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0873ce
  2. #2181d3
  3. #398fd8
  4. #529ddd
  5. #6babe2
  6. #84b9e7
  7. #9cc7eb
  8. #b5d5f0
  9. #cee3f5
  10. #e6f1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0873ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0873ce
  2. #1474c6
  3. #2076be
  4. #2c77b7
  5. #3878af
  6. #447aa7
  7. #507b9f
  8. #5c7c97
  9. #687d90
  10. #747f88
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #727272 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5a729f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #427ad2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #156acc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008996 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3378d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #116ecd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0081af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0873ce {
  color: #0873ce;
}
Background
.bg-0873ce {
  background-color: #0873ce;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-0873ce {
  border: 2px solid #0873ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0873ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 115 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 93% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0873ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0873ce, #0810ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0873ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 115 206 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 0.14 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.90 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.14 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.27 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 6.47 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.70 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.97 #f78c31 Inverted #727272 Grayscale 

True Blue
#0873ce  rgb(8, 115, 206)  hsl(208, 93%, 42%)  True Blue
#ce6308  rgb(206, 99, 8)  hsl(28, 93%, 42%)  Chocolate
#ce0873  rgb(206, 8, 115)  hsl(328, 93%, 42%)  Telemagenta
#73ce08  rgb(115, 206, 8)  hsl(88, 93%, 42%)  Yellow Green