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#148ACE

#148ace ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#148ace is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 54.12% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.29% cyan, 33.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 201.94°, with 82.3% saturation and 44.31% 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 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 4.72.

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Relative luminance0.2278

Complementary

  1. #148ace
  2. #ce5814

Split complementary

  1. #148ace
  2. #ce142d
  3. #ceb514

Analogous

  1. #14ceb5
  2. #148ace
  3. #142dce

Triadic

  1. #148ace
  2. #ce148a
  3. #8ace14

Tetradic

  1. #148ace
  2. #5814ce
  3. #ce5814
  4. #8ace14

Square

  1. #148ace
  2. #b514ce
  3. #ce5814
  4. #2dce14

Monochromatic

  1. #062d43
  2. #0d5b88
  3. #148ace
  4. #42aeed
  5. #88ccf3

Shades

#148ace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #148ace
  2. #127cb9
  3. #106ea5
  4. #0e6190
  5. #0c537c
  6. #0a4567
  7. #083752
  8. #06293e
  9. #041c29
  10. #020e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#148ace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #148ace
  2. #2c96d3
  3. #43a1d8
  4. #5baddd
  5. #72b9e2
  6. #8ac5e7
  7. #a1d0eb
  8. #b9dcf0
  9. #d0e8f5
  10. #e8f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#148ace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #148ace
  2. #1f89c6
  3. #2a88be
  4. #3487b7
  5. #3f86af
  6. #4a85a7
  7. #55849f
  8. #608397
  9. #6a8290
  10. #758188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6886a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #698cd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #507ccd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #548bd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4082cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0094b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-148ace {
  color: #148ace;
}
Background
.bg-148ace {
  background-color: #148ace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-148ace {
  border: 2px solid #148ace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #148ace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 138 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 82% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-148ace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #148ace, #142dce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-148ace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 138 206 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.72 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.03 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.77 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.49 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.95 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.18 #eb7531 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#148ace  rgb(20, 138, 206)  hsl(202, 82%, 44%)  Steel Blue
#ce5814  rgb(206, 88, 20)  hsl(22, 82%, 44%)  Burnt Orange
#ce148a  rgb(206, 20, 138)  hsl(322, 82%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#8ace14  rgb(138, 206, 20)  hsl(82, 82%, 44%)  Yellow Green