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#1983CD

#1983cd ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1983cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 51.37% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.8% cyan, 36.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 204.67°, 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 5.17:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.42.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2085

Complementary

  1. #1983cd
  2. #cd6319

Split complementary

  1. #1983cd
  2. #cd1929
  3. #cdbd19

Analogous

  1. #19cdbd
  2. #1983cd
  3. #1929cd

Triadic

  1. #1983cd
  2. #cd1983
  3. #83cd19

Tetradic

  1. #1983cd
  2. #6319cd
  3. #cd6319
  4. #83cd19

Square

  1. #1983cd
  2. #bd19cd
  3. #cd6319
  4. #29cd19

Monochromatic

  1. #082c45
  2. #115789
  3. #1983cd
  4. #4aa7e9
  5. #8ec8f1

Shades

#1983cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1983cd
  2. #1776b9
  3. #1469a4
  4. #125c90
  5. #0f4f7b
  6. #0d4267
  7. #0a3452
  8. #08273e
  9. #051a29
  10. #030d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1983cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1983cd
  2. #308fd2
  3. #479cd7
  4. #5ea8dc
  5. #75b5e1
  6. #8cc1e6
  7. #a3cdeb
  8. #badaf0
  9. #d1e6f5
  10. #e8f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1983cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1983cd
  2. #2383c5
  3. #2e82be
  4. #3882b6
  5. #4282ae
  6. #4d82a7
  7. #57819f
  8. #618197
  9. #6b818f
  10. #768088
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6580a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f86d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4577cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00959e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4c85cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #387ccc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008eb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1983cd {
  color: #1983cd;
}
Background
.bg-1983cd {
  background-color: #1983cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1983cd {
  border: 2px solid #1983cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1983cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 131 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1983cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1983cd, #1929cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1983cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 131 205 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.42 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.31 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.85 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.21 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.05 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.93 #e67c32 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#1983cd  rgb(25, 131, 205)  hsl(205, 78%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#cd6319  rgb(205, 99, 25)  hsl(25, 78%, 45%)  Chocolate
#cd1983  rgb(205, 25, 131)  hsl(325, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#83cd19  rgb(131, 205, 25)  hsl(85, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green