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#174ABA

#174aba ≈ Cobalt Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#174aba is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 29.02% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.63% cyan, 60.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 221.23°, with 77.99% saturation and 40.98% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cobalt Blue (#0047ab), ΔE 2.61.

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Web safe#0033cc
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Relative luminance0.0862

Complementary

  1. #174aba
  2. #ba8717

Split complementary

  1. #174aba
  2. #ba3617
  3. #9bba17

Analogous

  1. #179bba
  2. #174aba
  3. #3617ba

Triadic

  1. #174aba
  2. #ba174a
  3. #4aba17

Tetradic

  1. #174aba
  2. #8717ba
  3. #ba8717
  4. #4aba17

Square

  1. #174aba
  2. #ba179b
  3. #ba8717
  4. #17ba36

Monochromatic

  1. #061432
  2. #0f2f76
  3. #174aba
  4. #376ee6
  5. #7b9fef

Shades

#174aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #174aba
  2. #1543a7
  3. #123b95
  4. #103482
  5. #0e2c70
  6. #0c255d
  7. #091e4a
  8. #071638
  9. #050f25
  10. #020713
  11. #000000

Tints

#174aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #174aba
  2. #2e5cc1
  3. #456ec8
  4. #5d80cf
  5. #7492d6
  6. #8ba5dd
  7. #a2b7e3
  8. #b9c9ea
  9. #d1dbf1
  10. #e8edf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#174aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #174aba
  2. #224fb4
  3. #2c55ae
  4. #375aa9
  5. #4160a3
  6. #4c659d
  7. #566a97
  8. #617091
  9. #6b758c
  10. #767b86
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #535353 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #424f88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #005bbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #004cb8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00677b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0054bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #004bb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #005d98 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-174aba {
  color: #174aba;
}
Background
.bg-174aba {
  background-color: #174aba;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-174aba {
  border: 2px solid #174aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #174aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 74 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 78% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-174aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #174aba, #3617ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-174aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 74 186 / 0.35);
}

#0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 2.61 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 2.98 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 5.48 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 6.40 #1034a6 Egyptian Blue ΔE 6.99 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 7.42 #003399 Smalt ΔE 7.85 #e8b545 Inverted #535353 Grayscale 

Cobalt Blue
#174aba  rgb(23, 74, 186)  hsl(221, 78%, 41%)  Cobalt Blue
#ba8717  rgb(186, 135, 23)  hsl(41, 78%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#ba174a  rgb(186, 23, 74)  hsl(341, 78%, 41%)  Vivid Burgundy
#4aba17  rgb(74, 186, 23)  hsl(101, 78%, 41%)  Kelly Green