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#178EF8

#178ef8 ≈ Dodger Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#178ef8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 55.69% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.73% cyan, 42.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 208.27°, with 94.14% saturation and 53.14% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dodger Blue (#1e90ff), ΔE 1.1.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2631

Complementary

  1. #178ef8
  2. #f88117

Split complementary

  1. #178ef8
  2. #f8171e
  3. #f8f217

Analogous

  1. #17f8f2
  2. #178ef8
  3. #171ef8

Triadic

  1. #178ef8
  2. #f8178e
  3. #8ef817

Tetradic

  1. #178ef8
  2. #8117f8
  3. #f88117
  4. #8ef817

Square

  1. #178ef8
  2. #f217f8
  3. #f88117
  4. #1ef817

Monochromatic

  1. #033e73
  2. #0667bd
  3. #178ef8
  4. #61b2fa
  5. #acd6fc

Shades

#178ef8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178ef8
  2. #1580df
  3. #1272c6
  4. #1063ae
  5. #0e5595
  6. #0c477c
  7. #093963
  8. #072b4a
  9. #051c32
  10. #020e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#178ef8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178ef8
  2. #2e99f9
  3. #45a5f9
  4. #5db0fa
  5. #74bbfb
  6. #8bc7fc
  7. #a2d2fc
  8. #b9ddfd
  9. #d1e8fe
  10. #e8f4fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178ef8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178ef8
  2. #228dec
  3. #2c8be0
  4. #378ad4
  5. #4188c8
  6. #4c87bc
  7. #5686b0
  8. #6184a4
  9. #6b8398
  10. #76818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708dc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5696fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2983f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4593fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2388f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ed4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178ef8 {
  color: #178ef8;
}
Background
.bg-178ef8 {
  background-color: #178ef8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178ef8 {
  border: 2px solid #178ef8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178ef8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 142 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 94% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178ef8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178ef8, #171ef8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178ef8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 142 248 / 0.35);
}

#1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 1.10 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.52 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.61 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.14 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.50 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.61 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.72 #e87107 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Dodger Blue
#178ef8  rgb(23, 142, 248)  hsl(208, 94%, 53%)  Dodger Blue
#f88117  rgb(248, 129, 23)  hsl(28, 94%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#f8178e  rgb(248, 23, 142)  hsl(328, 94%, 53%)  Deep Pink
#8ef817  rgb(142, 248, 23)  hsl(88, 94%, 53%)  Lawn Green