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#0C8DCA

#0c8dca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#0c8dca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 55.29% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.06% cyan, 30.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 199.26°, with 88.79% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 5.78.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2339

Complementary

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #ca490c

Split complementary

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #ca0c2e
  3. #caa80c

Analogous

  1. #0ccaa8
  2. #0c8dca
  3. #0c2eca

Triadic

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #ca0c8d
  3. #8dca0c

Tetradic

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #490cca
  3. #ca490c
  4. #8dca0c

Square

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #a80cca
  3. #ca490c
  4. #2eca0c

Monochromatic

  1. #03283a
  2. #085b82
  3. #0c8dca
  4. #30b4f3
  5. #78cef7

Shades

#0c8dca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #0b7fb6
  3. #0a71a2
  4. #08638d
  5. #075579
  6. #064765
  7. #053851
  8. #042a3d
  9. #021c28
  10. #010e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0c8dca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #2498cf
  3. #3da4d5
  4. #55afda
  5. #6dbbdf
  6. #86c6e5
  7. #9ed1ea
  8. #b6ddef
  9. #cee8f4
  10. #e7f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0c8dca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0c8dca
  2. #188cc3
  3. #238abb
  4. #2f89b4
  5. #3a88ac
  6. #4687a5
  7. #52859e
  8. #5d8496
  9. #69838f
  10. #748187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6988a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f8ecd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #577ec9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009da2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #588dcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4584c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0097b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0c8dca {
  color: #0c8dca;
}
Background
.bg-0c8dca {
  background-color: #0c8dca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0c8dca {
  border: 2px solid #0c8dca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0c8dca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 141 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 89% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0c8dca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0c8dca, #0c2eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0c8dca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 141 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.66 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.27 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.29 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.21 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.42 #f37235 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#0c8dca  rgb(12, 141, 202)  hsl(199, 89%, 42%)  Steel Blue
#ca490c  rgb(202, 73, 12)  hsl(19, 89%, 42%)  Sinopia
#ca0c8d  rgb(202, 12, 141)  hsl(319, 89%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#8dca0c  rgb(141, 202, 12)  hsl(79, 89%, 42%)  Yellow Green