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#166EDA

#166eda ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#166eda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 43.14% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.91% cyan, 49.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 213.06°, with 81.67% saturation and 47.06% 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 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 3.24.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1638

Complementary

  1. #166eda
  2. #da8216

Split complementary

  1. #166eda
  2. #da2016
  3. #d0da16

Analogous

  1. #16d0da
  2. #166eda
  3. #2016da

Triadic

  1. #166eda
  2. #da166e
  3. #6eda16

Tetradic

  1. #166eda
  2. #8216da
  3. #da8216
  4. #6eda16

Square

  1. #166eda
  2. #da16d0
  3. #da8216
  4. #16da20

Monochromatic

  1. #08284f
  2. #0f4b95
  3. #166eda
  4. #4f96ed
  5. #95c0f4

Shades

#166eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #166eda
  2. #1463c4
  3. #1258ae
  4. #0f4d99
  5. #0d4283
  6. #0b376d
  7. #092c57
  8. #072141
  9. #04162c
  10. #020b16
  11. #000000

Tints

#166eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #166eda
  2. #2d7dde
  3. #458be1
  4. #5c9ae5
  5. #73a8e9
  6. #8bb7ed
  7. #a2c5f0
  8. #b9d4f4
  9. #d0e2f8
  10. #e8f1fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#166eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #166eda
  2. #2170d1
  3. #2b72c8
  4. #3673bf
  5. #4075b6
  6. #4b77ad
  7. #5679a4
  8. #607b9b
  9. #6b7c92
  10. #757e89
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5a70a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #297ade ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0069d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00889a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #2275dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #006bd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007fb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-166eda {
  color: #166eda;
}
Background
.bg-166eda {
  background-color: #166eda;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-166eda {
  border: 2px solid #166eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #166eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 110 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 82% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-166eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #166eda, #2016da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-166eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 110 218 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.24 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.59 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.05 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.55 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.62 #1560bd Denim ΔE 5.83 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.07 #e99125 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

True Blue
#166eda  rgb(22, 110, 218)  hsl(213, 82%, 47%)  True Blue
#da8216  rgb(218, 130, 22)  hsl(33, 82%, 47%)  Fulvous
#da166e  rgb(218, 22, 110)  hsl(333, 82%, 47%)  Dogwood Rose
#6eda16  rgb(110, 218, 22)  hsl(93, 82%, 47%)  Lime Green