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#188FCA

#188fca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#188fca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 56.08% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.12% cyan, 29.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 199.89°, with 78.76% saturation and 44.31% 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 5.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 6.17.

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Relative luminance0.241

Complementary

  1. #188fca
  2. #ca5318

Split complementary

  1. #188fca
  2. #ca1836
  3. #caac18

Analogous

  1. #18caac
  2. #188fca
  3. #1836ca

Triadic

  1. #188fca
  2. #ca188f
  3. #8fca18

Tetradic

  1. #188fca
  2. #5318ca
  3. #ca5318
  4. #8fca18

Square

  1. #188fca
  2. #ac18ca
  3. #ca5318
  4. #36ca18

Monochromatic

  1. #082e41
  2. #105f86
  3. #188fca
  4. #46b3e9
  5. #8acff1

Shades

#188fca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #188fca
  2. #1681b6
  3. #1372a2
  4. #11648d
  5. #0e5679
  6. #0c4865
  7. #0a3951
  8. #072b3d
  9. #051d28
  10. #020e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#188fca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #188fca
  2. #2f9acf
  3. #46a5d5
  4. #5db1da
  5. #74bcdf
  6. #8cc7e5
  7. #a3d2ea
  8. #baddef
  9. #d1e9f4
  10. #e8f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#188fca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #188fca
  2. #228ec3
  3. #2d8cbb
  4. #378bb4
  5. #4289ac
  6. #4c88a5
  7. #56869e
  8. #618596
  9. #6b838f
  10. #768287
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b8aa6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #728fcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b80c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ea4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b8fcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4986c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-188fca {
  color: #188fca;
}
Background
.bg-188fca {
  background-color: #188fca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-188fca {
  border: 2px solid #188fca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #188fca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 143 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 79% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-188fca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #188fca, #1836ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-188fca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 143 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.17 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.79 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.21 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.37 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.58 #e77035 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#188fca  rgb(24, 143, 202)  hsl(200, 79%, 44%)  Steel Blue
#ca5318  rgb(202, 83, 24)  hsl(20, 79%, 44%)  Burnt Orange
#ca188f  rgb(202, 24, 143)  hsl(320, 79%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#8fca18  rgb(143, 202, 24)  hsl(80, 79%, 44%)  Yellow Green