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#0987CA

#0987ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0987ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 52.94% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.54% cyan, 33.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 200.83°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 4.28.

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Relative luminance0.2165

Complementary

  1. #0987ca
  2. #ca4c09

Split complementary

  1. #0987ca
  2. #ca0926
  3. #caac09

Analogous

  1. #09caac
  2. #0987ca
  3. #0926ca

Triadic

  1. #0987ca
  2. #ca0987
  3. #87ca09

Tetradic

  1. #0987ca
  2. #4c09ca
  3. #ca4c09
  4. #87ca09

Square

  1. #0987ca
  2. #ac09ca
  3. #ca4c09
  4. #26ca09

Monochromatic

  1. #022538
  2. #065681
  3. #0987ca
  4. #2aaff6
  5. #73caf9

Shades

#0987ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0987ca
  2. #087ab6
  3. #076ca2
  4. #065f8d
  5. #055179
  6. #054465
  7. #043651
  8. #03293d
  9. #021b28
  10. #010e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0987ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0987ca
  2. #2293cf
  3. #3a9fd5
  4. #53abda
  5. #6bb7df
  6. #84c3e5
  7. #9dcfea
  8. #b5dbef
  9. #cee7f4
  10. #e6f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0987ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0987ca
  2. #1586c3
  3. #2186bb
  4. #2d85b4
  5. #3984ac
  6. #4584a5
  7. #50839e
  8. #5c8296
  9. #68818f
  10. #748187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6583a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6789cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d79c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00989f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5188cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3d7fc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0987ca {
  color: #0987ca;
}
Background
.bg-0987ca {
  background-color: #0987ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0987ca {
  border: 2px solid #0987ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0987ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 135 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0987ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0987ca, #0926ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0987ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 135 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.70 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.33 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.20 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.66 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 8.06 #f67835 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#0987ca  rgb(9, 135, 202)  hsl(201, 91%, 41%)  Steel Blue
#ca4c09  rgb(202, 76, 9)  hsl(21, 91%, 41%)  Sinopia
#ca0987  rgb(202, 9, 135)  hsl(321, 91%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#87ca09  rgb(135, 202, 9)  hsl(81, 91%, 41%)  Yellow Green