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#181ECA

#181eca ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#181eca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 11.76% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.12% cyan, 85.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 237.98°, with 78.76% saturation and 44.31% 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 10.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 3.01.

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Relative luminance0.0539

Complementary

  1. #181eca
  2. #cac418

Split complementary

  1. #181eca
  2. #ca6b18
  3. #77ca18

Analogous

  1. #1877ca
  2. #181eca
  3. #6b18ca

Triadic

  1. #181eca
  2. #ca181e
  3. #1eca18

Tetradic

  1. #181eca
  2. #c418ca
  3. #cac418
  4. #1eca18

Square

  1. #181eca
  2. #ca1877
  3. #cac418
  4. #18ca6b

Monochromatic

  1. #080a41
  2. #101486
  3. #181eca
  4. #464be9
  5. #8a8df1

Shades

#181eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #181eca
  2. #161bb6
  3. #1318a2
  4. #11158d
  5. #0e1279
  6. #0c0f65
  7. #0a0c51
  8. #07093d
  9. #050628
  10. #020314
  11. #000000

Tints

#181eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #181eca
  2. #2f35cf
  3. #464bd5
  4. #5d62da
  5. #7478df
  6. #8c8fe5
  7. #a3a5ea
  8. #babcef
  9. #d1d2f4
  10. #e8e9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#181eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #181eca
  2. #2228c3
  3. #2d32bb
  4. #373bb4
  5. #4245ac
  6. #4c4fa5
  7. #56599e
  8. #616396
  9. #6b6c8f
  10. #767687
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #424242 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #35368e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #004bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0038c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005878 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #003dcd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002fc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0048a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-181eca {
  color: #181eca;
}
Background
.bg-181eca {
  background-color: #181eca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-181eca {
  border: 2px solid #181eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #181eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 30 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 79% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-181eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #181eca, #6b18ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-181eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 30 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 3.01 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 5.18 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.88 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 6.14 #1034a6 Egyptian Blue ΔE 7.04 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 7.15 #002395 Imperial Blue ΔE 7.42 #e7e135 Inverted #424242 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#181eca  rgb(24, 30, 202)  hsl(238, 79%, 44%)  Medium Blue
#cac418  rgb(202, 196, 24)  hsl(58, 79%, 44%)  Citrine
#ca181e  rgb(202, 24, 30)  hsl(358, 79%, 44%)  Lava
#1eca18  rgb(30, 202, 24)  hsl(118, 79%, 44%)  Lime Green