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#145CEE

#145cee ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#145cee is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 36.08% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.6% cyan, 61.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 220.18°, with 86.51% saturation and 50.59% 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 5.53:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 4.35.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1398

Complementary

  1. #145cee
  2. #eea614

Split complementary

  1. #145cee
  2. #ee3914
  3. #c9ee14

Analogous

  1. #14c9ee
  2. #145cee
  3. #3914ee

Triadic

  1. #145cee
  2. #ee145c
  3. #5cee14

Tetradic

  1. #145cee
  2. #a614ee
  3. #eea614
  4. #5cee14

Square

  1. #145cee
  2. #ee14c9
  3. #eea614
  4. #14ee39

Monochromatic

  1. #072562
  2. #0c40a9
  3. #145cee
  4. #5b8df3
  5. #a3bff8

Shades

#145cee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #145cee
  2. #1253d6
  3. #104abe
  4. #0e40a7
  5. #0c378f
  6. #0a2e77
  7. #08255f
  8. #061c47
  9. #041230
  10. #020918
  11. #000000

Tints

#145cee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #145cee
  2. #2c6cf0
  3. #437df1
  4. #5b8df3
  5. #729df5
  6. #8aaef7
  7. #a1bef8
  8. #b9cefa
  9. #d0defc
  10. #e8effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#145cee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #145cee
  2. #1f60e3
  3. #2a63d8
  4. #3467cd
  5. #3f6ac2
  6. #4a6eb7
  7. #5572ac
  8. #6075a1
  9. #6a7996
  10. #757c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #686868 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5364ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005feb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00839c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #006af1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005eec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0075c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-145cee {
  color: #145cee;
}
Background
.bg-145cee {
  background-color: #145cee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-145cee {
  border: 2px solid #145cee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #145cee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 92 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-145cee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #145cee, #3914ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-145cee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 92 238 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.35 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.54 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.97 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.18 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.45 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 8.23 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.31 #eba311 Inverted #686868 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#145cee  rgb(20, 92, 238)  hsl(220, 87%, 51%)  Ultramarine Blue
#eea614  rgb(238, 166, 20)  hsl(40, 87%, 51%)  Marigold
#ee145c  rgb(238, 20, 92)  hsl(340, 87%, 51%)  Raspberry
#5cee14  rgb(92, 238, 20)  hsl(100, 87%, 51%)  Harlequin