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#1466EA

#1466ea ≈ Royal Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1466ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.45% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 217.01°, with 84.25% saturation and 49.8% 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 5.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.79.

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Relative luminance0.1559

Complementary

  1. #1466ea
  2. #ea9814

Split complementary

  1. #1466ea
  2. #ea2d14
  3. #d1ea14

Analogous

  1. #14d1ea
  2. #1466ea
  3. #2d14ea

Triadic

  1. #1466ea
  2. #ea1466
  3. #66ea14

Tetradic

  1. #1466ea
  2. #9814ea
  3. #ea9814
  4. #66ea14

Square

  1. #1466ea
  2. #ea14d1
  3. #ea9814
  4. #14ea2d

Monochromatic

  1. #08295d
  2. #0e47a4
  3. #1466ea
  4. #5a94f1
  5. #a0c1f7

Shades

#1466ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1466ea
  2. #125cd3
  3. #1052bb
  4. #0e47a4
  5. #0c3d8c
  6. #0a3375
  7. #08295e
  8. #061f46
  9. #04142f
  10. #020a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1466ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1466ea
  2. #2c75ec
  3. #4385ee
  4. #5b94f0
  5. #72a3f2
  6. #8ab3f5
  7. #a1c2f7
  8. #b9d1f9
  9. #d0e0fb
  10. #e8f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1466ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1466ea
  2. #1f69df
  3. #2a6bd5
  4. #346eca
  5. #3f70c0
  6. #4a73b5
  7. #5576aa
  8. #6078a0
  9. #6a7b95
  10. #757d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #576bae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0078ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0065e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00889e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0071ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0065e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007cc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1466ea {
  color: #1466ea;
}
Background
.bg-1466ea {
  background-color: #1466ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-1466ea {
  border: 2px solid #1466ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1466ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1466ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1466ea, #2d14ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1466ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.79 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.07 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.28 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.08 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.98 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.30 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.73 #eb9915 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#1466ea  rgb(20, 102, 234)  hsl(217, 84%, 50%)  Royal Blue
#ea9814  rgb(234, 152, 20)  hsl(37, 84%, 50%)  Gamboge
#ea1466  rgb(234, 20, 102)  hsl(337, 84%, 50%)  Razzmatazz
#66ea14  rgb(102, 234, 20)  hsl(97, 84%, 50%)  Lawn Green