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#0879DD

#0879dd ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0879dd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 47.45% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.38% cyan, 45.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 208.17°, with 93.01% saturation and 44.9% 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 4.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 2.72.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1895

Complementary

  1. #0879dd
  2. #dd6c08

Split complementary

  1. #0879dd
  2. #dd080e
  3. #ddd608

Analogous

  1. #08ddd6
  2. #0879dd
  3. #080edd

Triadic

  1. #0879dd
  2. #dd0879
  3. #79dd08

Tetradic

  1. #0879dd
  2. #6c08dd
  3. #dd6c08
  4. #79dd08

Square

  1. #0879dd
  2. #d608dd
  3. #dd6c08
  4. #0edd08

Monochromatic

  1. #032849
  2. #055193
  3. #0879dd
  4. #3a9ff8
  5. #83c3fb

Shades

#0879dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0879dd
  2. #076dc7
  3. #0661b1
  4. #06559b
  5. #054985
  6. #043d6f
  7. #033058
  8. #022442
  9. #02182c
  10. #010c16
  11. #000000

Tints

#0879dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0879dd
  2. #2186e0
  3. #3994e4
  4. #52a1e7
  5. #6bafeb
  6. #84bcee
  7. #9cc9f1
  8. #b5d7f5
  9. #cee4f8
  10. #e6f2fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0879dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0879dd
  2. #147ad4
  3. #207aca
  4. #2c7bc1
  5. #387cb8
  6. #447daf
  7. #507da5
  8. #5c7e9c
  9. #687f93
  10. #747f89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f79aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4182e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0270db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0091a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #337edf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0474dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0088bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0879dd {
  color: #0879dd;
}
Background
.bg-0879dd {
  background-color: #0879dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0879dd {
  border: 2px solid #0879dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0879dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 121 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 93% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0879dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0879dd, #080edd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0879dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 121 221 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.72 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.02 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.04 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.20 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 5.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.67 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.59 #f78622 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

True Blue
#0879dd  rgb(8, 121, 221)  hsl(208, 93%, 45%)  True Blue
#dd6c08  rgb(221, 108, 8)  hsl(28, 93%, 45%)  Chocolate
#dd0879  rgb(221, 8, 121)  hsl(328, 93%, 45%)  Telemagenta
#79dd08  rgb(121, 221, 8)  hsl(88, 93%, 45%)  Yellow Green