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#0959EA

#0959ea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0959ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.15% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 218.67°, with 92.59% saturation and 47.65% 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 5.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 5.42.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1314

Complementary

  1. #0959ea
  2. #ea9a09

Split complementary

  1. #0959ea
  2. #ea2a09
  3. #c9ea09

Analogous

  1. #09c9ea
  2. #0959ea
  3. #2a09ea

Triadic

  1. #0959ea
  2. #ea0959
  3. #59ea09

Tetradic

  1. #0959ea
  2. #9a09ea
  3. #ea9a09
  4. #59ea09

Square

  1. #0959ea
  2. #ea09c9
  3. #ea9a09
  4. #09ea2a

Monochromatic

  1. #032157
  2. #063da0
  3. #0959ea
  4. #4886f8
  5. #91b7fb

Shades

#0959ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0959ea
  2. #0850d3
  3. #0747bb
  4. #063ea4
  5. #05358c
  6. #052d75
  7. #04245e
  8. #031b46
  9. #02122f
  10. #010917
  11. #000000

Tints

#0959ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0959ea
  2. #226aec
  3. #3a7aee
  4. #538bf0
  5. #6b9bf2
  6. #84acf5
  7. #9dbdf7
  8. #b5cdf9
  9. #cedefb
  10. #e6eefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0959ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0959ea
  2. #155ddf
  3. #2161d5
  4. #2d65ca
  5. #3969c0
  6. #456db5
  7. #5070aa
  8. #5c74a0
  9. #687895
  10. #747c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #656565 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5061ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005ce7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008099 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0067ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005be8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0072bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0959ea {
  color: #0959ea;
}
Background
.bg-0959ea {
  background-color: #0959ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-0959ea {
  border: 2px solid #0959ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0959ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0959ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0959ea, #2a09ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0959ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 5.42 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.45 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 6.55 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.72 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 7.92 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.06 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 8.23 #f6a615 Inverted #656565 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#0959ea  rgb(9, 89, 234)  hsl(219, 93%, 48%)  Ultramarine Blue
#ea9a09  rgb(234, 154, 9)  hsl(39, 93%, 48%)  Gamboge
#ea0959  rgb(234, 9, 89)  hsl(339, 93%, 48%)  Raspberry
#59ea09  rgb(89, 234, 9)  hsl(99, 93%, 48%)  Harlequin