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#178ABE

#178abe ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#178abe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 54.12% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.89% cyan, 27.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 198.68°, with 78.4% saturation and 41.76% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 5.51.

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Relative luminance0.2208

Complementary

  1. #178abe
  2. #be4b17

Split complementary

  1. #178abe
  2. #be1737
  3. #be9e17

Analogous

  1. #17be9e
  2. #178abe
  3. #1737be

Triadic

  1. #178abe
  2. #be178a
  3. #8abe17

Tetradic

  1. #178abe
  2. #4b17be
  3. #be4b17
  4. #8abe17

Square

  1. #178abe
  2. #9e17be
  3. #be4b17
  4. #37be17

Monochromatic

  1. #062735
  2. #0f587a
  3. #178abe
  4. #3ab1e7
  5. #7fccef

Shades

#178abe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178abe
  2. #157cab
  3. #126e98
  4. #106185
  5. #0e5372
  6. #0c455f
  7. #09374c
  8. #072939
  9. #051c26
  10. #020e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#178abe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178abe
  2. #2e96c5
  3. #45a1cb
  4. #5dadd2
  5. #74b9d8
  6. #8bc5df
  7. #a2d0e5
  8. #b9dcec
  9. #d1e8f2
  10. #e8f3f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178abe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178abe
  2. #2289b8
  3. #2c88b2
  4. #3787ab
  5. #4186a5
  6. #4c859f
  7. #568499
  8. #618393
  9. #6b828c
  10. #768186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #67859d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7089c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b7bbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00989c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a8abf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4981bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0092ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178abe {
  color: #178abe;
}
Background
.bg-178abe {
  background-color: #178abe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178abe {
  border: 2px solid #178abe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178abe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 138 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 78% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178abe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178abe, #1737be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178abe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 138 190 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.51 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.55 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.22 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.48 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.56 #e87541 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#178abe  rgb(23, 138, 190)  hsl(199, 78%, 42%)  Steel Blue
#be4b17  rgb(190, 75, 23)  hsl(19, 78%, 42%)  Mahogany
#be178a  rgb(190, 23, 138)  hsl(319, 78%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#8abe17  rgb(138, 190, 23)  hsl(79, 78%, 42%)  Apple Green