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#1078CA

#1078ca ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1078ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.27% red, 47.06% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.08% cyan, 40.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.45°, with 85.32% saturation and 42.75% 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 4.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 2.06.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1781

Complementary

  1. #1078ca
  2. #ca6210

Split complementary

  1. #1078ca
  2. #ca101b
  3. #cabf10

Analogous

  1. #10cabf
  2. #1078ca
  3. #101bca

Triadic

  1. #1078ca
  2. #ca1078
  3. #78ca10

Tetradic

  1. #1078ca
  2. #6210ca
  3. #ca6210
  4. #78ca10

Square

  1. #1078ca
  2. #bf10ca
  3. #ca6210
  4. #1bca10

Monochromatic

  1. #05243c
  2. #0a4e83
  3. #1078ca
  4. #379eef
  5. #7ec1f5

Shades

#1078ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1078ca
  2. #0e6cb6
  3. #0d60a2
  4. #0b548d
  5. #0a4879
  6. #083c65
  7. #063051
  8. #05243d
  9. #031828
  10. #020c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1078ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1078ca
  2. #2886cf
  3. #4093d5
  4. #58a1da
  5. #70aedf
  6. #88bce5
  7. #9fc9ea
  8. #b7d7ef
  9. #cfe4f4
  10. #e7f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1078ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1078ca
  2. #1b79c3
  3. #267abb
  4. #327ab4
  5. #3d7bac
  6. #487ca5
  7. #537d9e
  8. #5e7e96
  9. #6a7e8f
  10. #757f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5d769e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4f7ecd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2f6ec8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008c97 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3e7bcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2672c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084ae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1078ca {
  color: #1078ca;
}
Background
.bg-1078ca {
  background-color: #1078ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-1078ca {
  border: 2px solid #1078ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1078ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 16 120 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 85% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1078ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1078ca, #101bca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1078ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(16 120 202 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 2.06 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.90 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.29 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.80 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.27 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.74 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.79 #ef8735 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

True Blue
#1078ca  rgb(16, 120, 202)  hsl(206, 85%, 43%)  True Blue
#ca6210  rgb(202, 98, 16)  hsl(26, 85%, 43%)  Chocolate
#ca1078  rgb(202, 16, 120)  hsl(326, 85%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#78ca10  rgb(120, 202, 16)  hsl(86, 85%, 43%)  Yellow Green