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#087ABA

#087aba ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#087aba is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 47.84% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.7% cyan, 34.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 201.57°, with 91.75% saturation and 38.04% 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 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.1752

Complementary

  1. #087aba
  2. #ba4808

Split complementary

  1. #087aba
  2. #ba0821
  3. #baa108

Analogous

  1. #08baa1
  2. #087aba
  3. #0821ba

Triadic

  1. #087aba
  2. #ba087a
  3. #7aba08

Tetradic

  1. #087aba
  2. #4808ba
  3. #ba4808
  4. #7aba08

Square

  1. #087aba
  2. #a108ba
  3. #ba4808
  4. #21ba08

Monochromatic

  1. #021a27
  2. #054a71
  3. #087aba
  4. #19a6f5
  5. #63c3f8

Shades

#087aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #087aba
  2. #076ea7
  3. #066295
  4. #065582
  5. #054970
  6. #043d5d
  7. #03314a
  8. #022538
  9. #021825
  10. #010c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#087aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #087aba
  2. #2187c1
  3. #3995c8
  4. #52a2cf
  5. #6bafd6
  6. #84bddd
  7. #9ccae3
  8. #b5d7ea
  9. #cee4f1
  10. #e6f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#087aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #087aba
  2. #147bb4
  3. #207bae
  4. #2c7ca9
  5. #387ca3
  6. #447d9d
  7. #507e97
  8. #5c7e91
  9. #687f8c
  10. #747f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #747474 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5c7795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b7cbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #436eb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008a91 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #477bbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3473b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-087aba {
  color: #087aba;
}
Background
.bg-087aba {
  background-color: #087aba;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-087aba {
  border: 2px solid #087aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #087aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 122 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 92% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-087aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #087aba, #0821ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-087aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 122 186 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.37 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.64 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.89 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.19 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 5.27 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.09 #006994 Sea Blue ΔE 7.82 #f78545 Inverted #747474 Grayscale 

French Blue
#087aba  rgb(8, 122, 186)  hsl(202, 92%, 38%)  French Blue
#ba4808  rgb(186, 72, 8)  hsl(22, 92%, 38%)  Mahogany
#ba087a  rgb(186, 8, 122)  hsl(322, 92%, 38%)  Medium Violet Red
#7aba08  rgb(122, 186, 8)  hsl(82, 92%, 38%)  Apple Green