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#1981CD

#1981cd ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1981cd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.8% cyan, 37.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 205.33°, with 78.26% saturation and 45.1% 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 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.37.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2031

Complementary

  1. #1981cd
  2. #cd6519

Split complementary

  1. #1981cd
  2. #cd1927
  3. #cdbf19

Analogous

  1. #19cdbf
  2. #1981cd
  3. #1927cd

Triadic

  1. #1981cd
  2. #cd1981
  3. #81cd19

Tetradic

  1. #1981cd
  2. #6519cd
  3. #cd6519
  4. #81cd19

Square

  1. #1981cd
  2. #bf19cd
  3. #cd6519
  4. #27cd19

Monochromatic

  1. #082b45
  2. #115689
  3. #1981cd
  4. #4aa6e9
  5. #8ec7f1

Shades

#1981cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1981cd
  2. #1774b9
  3. #1467a4
  4. #125a90
  5. #0f4d7b
  6. #0d4167
  7. #0a3452
  8. #08273e
  9. #051a29
  10. #030d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1981cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1981cd
  2. #308ed2
  3. #479ad7
  4. #5ea7dc
  5. #75b3e1
  6. #8cc0e6
  7. #a3cdeb
  8. #bad9f0
  9. #d1e6f5
  10. #e8f2fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1981cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1981cd
  2. #2381c5
  3. #2e81be
  4. #3881b6
  5. #4281ae
  6. #4d81a7
  7. #57809f
  8. #618097
  9. #6b808f
  10. #768088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #637ea3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c85d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4175cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00939d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a83cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #357acc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008cb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1981cd {
  color: #1981cd;
}
Background
.bg-1981cd {
  background-color: #1981cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1981cd {
  border: 2px solid #1981cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1981cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 129 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1981cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1981cd, #1927cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1981cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 129 205 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.37 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.14 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.39 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.35 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.90 #e67e32 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#1981cd  rgb(25, 129, 205)  hsl(205, 78%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#cd6519  rgb(205, 101, 25)  hsl(25, 78%, 45%)  Chocolate
#cd1981  rgb(205, 25, 129)  hsl(325, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#81cd19  rgb(129, 205, 25)  hsl(85, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green