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#1981CA

#1981ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1981ca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.62% cyan, 36.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 204.75°, with 77.97% saturation and 44.51% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.28.

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Relative luminance0.2017

Complementary

  1. #1981ca
  2. #ca6219

Split complementary

  1. #1981ca
  2. #ca1928
  3. #cabb19

Analogous

  1. #19cabb
  2. #1981ca
  3. #1928ca

Triadic

  1. #1981ca
  2. #ca1981
  3. #81ca19

Tetradic

  1. #1981ca
  2. #6219ca
  3. #ca6219
  4. #81ca19

Square

  1. #1981ca
  2. #bb19ca
  3. #ca6219
  4. #28ca19

Monochromatic

  1. #082a42
  2. #115686
  3. #1981ca
  4. #47a6e8
  5. #8bc7f1

Shades

#1981ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1981ca
  2. #1774b6
  3. #1467a2
  4. #125a8d
  5. #0f4d79
  6. #0d4165
  7. #0a3451
  8. #08273d
  9. #051a28
  10. #030d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1981ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1981ca
  2. #308ecf
  3. #479ad5
  4. #5ea7da
  5. #75b3df
  6. #8cc0e5
  7. #a3cdea
  8. #bad9ef
  9. #d1e6f4
  10. #e8f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1981ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1981ca
  2. #2381c3
  3. #2e81bb
  4. #3881b4
  5. #4281ac
  6. #4d81a5
  7. #57809e
  8. #618096
  9. #6b808f
  10. #768087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #637ea1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e84cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4475c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00939c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b83cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #377ac9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008cb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1981ca {
  color: #1981ca;
}
Background
.bg-1981ca {
  background-color: #1981ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1981ca {
  border: 2px solid #1981ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1981ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 129 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1981ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1981ca, #1928ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1981ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 129 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.28 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.46 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.55 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.72 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.68 #e67e35 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#1981ca  rgb(25, 129, 202)  hsl(205, 78%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#ca6219  rgb(202, 98, 25)  hsl(25, 78%, 45%)  Chocolate
#ca1981  rgb(202, 25, 129)  hsl(325, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#81ca19  rgb(129, 202, 25)  hsl(85, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green