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#167EBA

#167eba ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#167eba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 49.41% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.17% cyan, 32.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 201.95°, with 78.85% saturation and 40.78% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.73:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.1864

Complementary

  1. #167eba
  2. #ba5216

Split complementary

  1. #167eba
  2. #ba162c
  3. #baa416

Analogous

  1. #16baa4
  2. #167eba
  3. #162cba

Triadic

  1. #167eba
  2. #ba167e
  3. #7eba16

Tetradic

  1. #167eba
  2. #5216ba
  3. #ba5216
  4. #7eba16

Square

  1. #167eba
  2. #a416ba
  3. #ba5216
  4. #2cba16

Monochromatic

  1. #062131
  2. #0e5076
  3. #167eba
  4. #35a6e7
  5. #7ac4ef

Shades

#167eba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #167eba
  2. #1471a7
  3. #126595
  4. #0f5882
  5. #0d4c70
  6. #0b3f5d
  7. #09324a
  8. #072638
  9. #041925
  10. #020d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#167eba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #167eba
  2. #2d8bc1
  3. #4598c8
  4. #5ca5cf
  5. #73b2d6
  6. #8bbfdd
  7. #a2cbe3
  8. #b9d8ea
  9. #d0e5f1
  10. #e8f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#167eba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #167eba
  2. #217eb4
  3. #2b7eae
  4. #367fa9
  5. #407fa3
  6. #4b7f9d
  7. #567f97
  8. #607f91
  9. #6b808c
  10. #758086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f7a97 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #617fbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b71b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008d93 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e7fbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c77b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0087a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-167eba {
  color: #167eba;
}
Background
.bg-167eba {
  background-color: #167eba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-167eba {
  border: 2px solid #167eba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #167eba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 126 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 79% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-167eba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #167eba, #162cba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-167eba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 126 186 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.81 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 4.80 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 4.93 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.28 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.99 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.20 #e98145 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#167eba  rgb(22, 126, 186)  hsl(202, 79%, 41%)  Steel Blue
#ba5216  rgb(186, 82, 22)  hsl(22, 79%, 41%)  Mahogany
#ba167e  rgb(186, 22, 126)  hsl(322, 79%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#7eba16  rgb(126, 186, 22)  hsl(82, 79%, 41%)  Apple Green