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#170ECE

#170ece ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#170ece is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 5.49% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.83% cyan, 93.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 242.81°, with 87.27% saturation and 43.14% 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 10.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 1.32.

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Web safe#0000cc
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Relative luminance0.0495

Complementary

  1. #170ece
  2. #c5ce0e

Split complementary

  1. #170ece
  2. #ce770e
  3. #65ce0e

Analogous

  1. #0e65ce
  2. #170ece
  3. #770ece

Triadic

  1. #170ece
  2. #ce170e
  3. #0ece17

Tetradic

  1. #170ece
  2. #ce0ec5
  3. #c5ce0e
  4. #0ece17

Square

  1. #170ece
  2. #ce0e65
  3. #c5ce0e
  4. #0ece77

Monochromatic

  1. #07043f
  2. #0f0986
  3. #170ece
  4. #4037f1
  5. #847ff6

Shades

#170ece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #170ece
  2. #150db9
  3. #120ba5
  4. #100a90
  5. #0e087c
  6. #0c0767
  7. #090652
  8. #07043e
  9. #050329
  10. #020115
  11. #000000

Tints

#170ece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #170ece
  2. #2e26d3
  3. #453ed8
  4. #5d56dd
  5. #746ee2
  6. #8b87e7
  7. #a29feb
  8. #b9b7f0
  9. #d1cff5
  10. #e8e7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#170ece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #170ece
  2. #2219c6
  3. #2c25be
  4. #3730b7
  5. #413caf
  6. #4c47a7
  7. #56529f
  8. #615e97
  9. #6b6990
  10. #767588
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #3f3f3f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #33328f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0048d3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0034cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005779 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0039d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0029cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0044a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-170ece {
  color: #170ece;
}
Background
.bg-170ece {
  background-color: #170ece;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-170ece {
  border: 2px solid #170ece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #170ece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 14 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 243 87% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-170ece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #170ece, #770ece);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-170ece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 14 206 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 1.32 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 5.06 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.64 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 7.03 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.99 #002395 Imperial Blue ΔE 8.18 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.30 #e8f131 Inverted #3f3f3f Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#170ece  rgb(23, 14, 206)  hsl(243, 87%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#c5ce0e  rgb(197, 206, 14)  hsl(63, 87%, 43%)  Pear
#ce170e  rgb(206, 23, 14)  hsl(3, 87%, 43%)  Rosso Corsa
#0ece17  rgb(14, 206, 23)  hsl(123, 87%, 43%)  Lime Green