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#140BED

#140bed ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#140bed is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 4.31% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.56% cyan, 95.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 242.39°, with 91.13% saturation and 48.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. 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 9.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 1.89.

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Web safe#0000ff
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Relative luminance0.065

Complementary

  1. #140bed
  2. #e4ed0b

Split complementary

  1. #140bed
  2. #ed850b
  3. #73ed0b

Analogous

  1. #0b73ed
  2. #140bed
  3. #850bed

Triadic

  1. #140bed
  2. #ed140b
  3. #0bed14

Tetradic

  1. #140bed
  2. #ed0be4
  3. #e4ed0b
  4. #0bed14

Square

  1. #140bed
  2. #ed0b73
  3. #e4ed0b
  4. #0bed85

Monochromatic

  1. #08045b
  2. #0e08a4
  3. #140bed
  4. #544ef7
  5. #9b97fa

Shades

#140bed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #140bed
  2. #120ad5
  3. #1009be
  4. #0e08a6
  5. #0c078e
  6. #0a0677
  7. #08045f
  8. #060347
  9. #04022f
  10. #020118
  11. #000000

Tints

#140bed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #140bed
  2. #2c23ef
  3. #433cf1
  4. #5b54f2
  5. #726df4
  6. #8a85f6
  7. #a19df8
  8. #b9b6fa
  9. #d0cefb
  10. #e8e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#140bed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #140bed
  2. #1f17e2
  3. #2a22d7
  4. #342ecc
  5. #3f3ac1
  6. #4a46b7
  7. #5551ac
  8. #605da1
  9. #6a6996
  10. #75748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #484848 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3a39a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0053f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003bea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00648b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0042f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002feb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004fbb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-140bed {
  color: #140bed;
}
Background
.bg-140bed {
  background-color: #140bed;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-140bed {
  border: 2px solid #140bed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #140bed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 11 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 242 91% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-140bed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #140bed, #850bed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-140bed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 11 237 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 1.89 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 3.52 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.62 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.14 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.93 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 8.66 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.76 #ebf412 Inverted #484848 Grayscale 

Blue
#140bed  rgb(20, 11, 237)  hsl(242, 91%, 49%)  Blue
#e4ed0b  rgb(228, 237, 11)  hsl(62, 91%, 49%)  Titanium Yellow
#ed140b  rgb(237, 20, 11)  hsl(2, 91%, 49%)  Lust
#0bed14  rgb(11, 237, 20)  hsl(122, 91%, 49%)  Lime