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#1981BC

#1981bc ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1981bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 50.59% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.7% cyan, 31.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 201.72°, with 76.53% 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 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.57.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.1954

Complementary

  1. #1981bc
  2. #bc5419

Split complementary

  1. #1981bc
  2. #bc192f
  3. #bca519

Analogous

  1. #19bca5
  2. #1981bc
  3. #192fbc

Triadic

  1. #1981bc
  2. #bc1981
  3. #81bc19

Tetradic

  1. #1981bc
  2. #5419bc
  3. #bc5419
  4. #81bc19

Square

  1. #1981bc
  2. #a519bc
  3. #bc5419
  4. #2fbc19

Monochromatic

  1. #072435
  2. #105378
  3. #1981bc
  4. #3ca8e5
  5. #80c6ee

Shades

#1981bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1981bc
  2. #1774a9
  3. #146796
  4. #125a84
  5. #0f4d71
  6. #0d415e
  7. #0a344b
  8. #082738
  9. #051a26
  10. #030d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#1981bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1981bc
  2. #308ec3
  3. #479ac9
  4. #5ea7d0
  5. #75b3d7
  6. #8cc0de
  7. #a3cde4
  8. #bad9eb
  9. #d1e6f2
  10. #e8f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1981bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1981bc
  2. #2381b6
  3. #2e81b0
  4. #3881aa
  5. #4281a4
  6. #4d819e
  7. #578098
  8. #618092
  9. #6b808c
  10. #768086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #627d99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6582bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f74bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009096 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5182be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4079bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008aa7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1981bc {
  color: #1981bc;
}
Background
.bg-1981bc {
  background-color: #1981bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1981bc {
  border: 2px solid #1981bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1981bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 129 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 77% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1981bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1981bc, #192fbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1981bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 129 188 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.57 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 5.00 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.59 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.06 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.93 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.41 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.57 #e67e43 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#1981bc  rgb(25, 129, 188)  hsl(202, 77%, 42%)  Steel Blue
#bc5419  rgb(188, 84, 25)  hsl(22, 77%, 42%)  Burnt Orange
#bc1981  rgb(188, 25, 129)  hsl(322, 77%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#81bc19  rgb(129, 188, 25)  hsl(82, 77%, 42%)  Apple Green