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#1968EA

#1968ea ≈ Royal Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1968ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 40.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.32% cyan, 55.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 217.32°, with 83.27% saturation and 50.78% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 2.66.

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Web safe#0066ff
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Relative luminance0.1605

Complementary

  1. #1968ea
  2. #ea9b19

Split complementary

  1. #1968ea
  2. #ea3219
  3. #d1ea19

Analogous

  1. #19d1ea
  2. #1968ea
  3. #3219ea

Triadic

  1. #1968ea
  2. #ea1968
  3. #68ea19

Tetradic

  1. #1968ea
  2. #9b19ea
  3. #ea9b19
  4. #68ea19

Square

  1. #1968ea
  2. #ea19d1
  3. #ea9b19
  4. #19ea32

Monochromatic

  1. #092a61
  2. #0f49a7
  3. #1968ea
  4. #5f96f0
  5. #a5c4f7

Shades

#1968ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1968ea
  2. #175ed3
  3. #1453bb
  4. #1249a4
  5. #0f3e8c
  6. #0d3475
  7. #0a2a5e
  8. #081f46
  9. #05152f
  10. #030a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1968ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1968ea
  2. #3077ec
  3. #4786ee
  4. #5e95f0
  5. #75a4f2
  6. #8cb4f5
  7. #a3c3f7
  8. #bad2f9
  9. #d1e1fb
  10. #e8f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1968ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1968ea
  2. #236adf
  3. #2e6dd5
  4. #386fca
  5. #4272c0
  6. #4d74b5
  7. #5776aa
  8. #6179a0
  9. #6b7b95
  10. #767e8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #596dae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0079ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0067e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00899f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0073ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0067e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007dc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1968ea {
  color: #1968ea;
}
Background
.bg-1968ea {
  background-color: #1968ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-1968ea {
  border: 2px solid #1968ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1968ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 104 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1968ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1968ea, #3219ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1968ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 104 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 2.66 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 3.71 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.10 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.34 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.55 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.15 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.30 #e69715 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#1968ea  rgb(25, 104, 234)  hsl(217, 83%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#ea9b19  rgb(234, 155, 25)  hsl(37, 83%, 51%)  Gamboge
#ea1968  rgb(234, 25, 104)  hsl(337, 83%, 51%)  Razzmatazz
#68ea19  rgb(104, 234, 25)  hsl(97, 83%, 51%)  Lawn Green