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#175ECA

#175eca ≈ Denim

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#175eca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 36.86% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.61% cyan, 53.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 216.2°, 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 6.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Denim (#1560bd), ΔE 2.18.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1245

Complementary

  1. #175eca
  2. #ca8317

Split complementary

  1. #175eca
  2. #ca2917
  3. #b8ca17

Analogous

  1. #17b8ca
  2. #175eca
  3. #2917ca

Triadic

  1. #175eca
  2. #ca175e
  3. #5eca17

Tetradic

  1. #175eca
  2. #8317ca
  3. #ca8317
  4. #5eca17

Square

  1. #175eca
  2. #ca17b8
  3. #ca8317
  4. #17ca29

Monochromatic

  1. #071e41
  2. #0f3e85
  3. #175eca
  4. #4486ea
  5. #89b2f2

Shades

#175eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #175eca
  2. #1555b6
  3. #124ba2
  4. #10428d
  5. #0e3879
  6. #0c2f65
  7. #092651
  8. #071c3d
  9. #051328
  10. #020914
  11. #000000

Tints

#175eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #175eca
  2. #2e6ecf
  3. #457ed5
  4. #5d8eda
  5. #749edf
  6. #8bafe5
  7. #a2bfea
  8. #b9cfef
  9. #d1dff4
  10. #e8effa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#175eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #175eca
  2. #2261c3
  3. #2c65bb
  4. #3768b4
  5. #416cac
  6. #4c6fa5
  7. #56729e
  8. #617696
  9. #6b798f
  10. #767d87
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #636363 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4f6197 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #006bce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005bc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00798b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0866cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005cc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #006fa8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-175eca {
  color: #175eca;
}
Background
.bg-175eca {
  background-color: #175eca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-175eca {
  border: 2px solid #175eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #175eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 94 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 216 80% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-175eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #175eca, #2917ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-175eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 94 202 / 0.35);
}

#1560bd Denim ΔE 2.18 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 4.33 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 5.65 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 6.06 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.79 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.61 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 7.88 #e8a135 Inverted #636363 Grayscale 

Denim
#175eca  rgb(23, 94, 202)  hsl(216, 80%, 44%)  Denim
#ca8317  rgb(202, 131, 23)  hsl(36, 80%, 44%)  Bronze
#ca175e  rgb(202, 23, 94)  hsl(336, 80%, 44%)  Dogwood Rose
#5eca17  rgb(94, 202, 23)  hsl(96, 80%, 44%)  Lime Green