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#175ACA

#175aca ≈ Sapphire

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#175aca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 35.29% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.61% cyan, 55.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 217.54°, with 79.56% saturation and 44.12% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Sapphire (#0f52ba), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.1176

Complementary

  1. #175aca
  2. #ca8717

Split complementary

  1. #175aca
  2. #ca2d17
  3. #b4ca17

Analogous

  1. #17b4ca
  2. #175aca
  3. #2d17ca

Triadic

  1. #175aca
  2. #ca175a
  3. #5aca17

Tetradic

  1. #175aca
  2. #8717ca
  3. #ca8717
  4. #5aca17

Square

  1. #175aca
  2. #ca17b4
  3. #ca8717
  4. #17ca2d

Monochromatic

  1. #071d41
  2. #0f3b85
  3. #175aca
  4. #4482ea
  5. #89b0f2

Shades

#175aca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175aca
  2. #1551b6
  3. #1248a2
  4. #103f8d
  5. #0e3679
  6. #0c2d65
  7. #092451
  8. #071b3d
  9. #051228
  10. #020914
  11. #000000

Tints

#175aca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175aca
  2. #2e6bcf
  3. #457bd5
  4. #5d8cda
  5. #749cdf
  6. #8bade5
  7. #a2bdea
  8. #b9ceef
  9. #d1def4
  10. #e8effa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175aca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175aca
  2. #225ec3
  3. #2c62bb
  4. #3765b4
  5. #4169ac
  6. #4c6da5
  7. #56719e
  8. #617596
  9. #6b788f
  10. #767c87
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #606060 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4d5e96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0069ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0059c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007689 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0063cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0059c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #006ca7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-175aca {
  color: #175aca;
}
Background
.bg-175aca {
  background-color: #175aca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175aca {
  border: 2px solid #175aca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175aca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 90 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175aca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175aca, #2d17ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175aca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 90 202 / 0.35);
}

#0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 3.22 #1560bd Denim ΔE 3.23 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 6.30 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.69 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 7.03 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.60 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 8.06 #e8a535 Inverted #606060 Grayscale 

Sapphire
#175aca  rgb(23, 90, 202)  hsl(218, 80%, 44%)  Sapphire
#ca8717  rgb(202, 135, 23)  hsl(38, 80%, 44%)  Dark Goldenrod
#ca175a  rgb(202, 23, 90)  hsl(338, 80%, 44%)  Dogwood Rose
#5aca17  rgb(90, 202, 23)  hsl(98, 80%, 44%)  Lime Green