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#1985BA

#1985ba ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1985ba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 52.16% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.56% cyan, 28.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 199.75°, with 76.3% saturation and 41.37% 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 5.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 4.45.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2053

Complementary

  1. #1985ba
  2. #ba4e19

Split complementary

  1. #1985ba
  2. #ba1935
  3. #ba9e19

Analogous

  1. #19ba9e
  2. #1985ba
  3. #1935ba

Triadic

  1. #1985ba
  2. #ba1985
  3. #85ba19

Tetradic

  1. #1985ba
  2. #4e19ba
  3. #ba4e19
  4. #85ba19

Square

  1. #1985ba
  2. #9e19ba
  3. #ba4e19
  4. #35ba19

Monochromatic

  1. #072533
  2. #105577
  3. #1985ba
  4. #3bade5
  5. #7ec9ee

Shades

#1985ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1985ba
  2. #1778a7
  3. #146a95
  4. #125d82
  5. #0f5070
  6. #0d435d
  7. #0a354a
  8. #082838
  9. #051b25
  10. #030d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#1985ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1985ba
  2. #3091c1
  3. #479dc8
  4. #5eaacf
  5. #75b6d6
  6. #8cc2dd
  7. #a3cee3
  8. #badaea
  9. #d1e7f1
  10. #e8f3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1985ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1985ba
  2. #2385b4
  3. #2e84ae
  4. #3884a9
  5. #4283a3
  6. #4d839d
  7. #578297
  8. #618291
  9. #6b818c
  10. #768186
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #648099 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b85bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5677b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009397 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5685bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #457db9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008da6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1985ba {
  color: #1985ba;
}
Background
.bg-1985ba {
  background-color: #1985ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1985ba {
  border: 2px solid #1985ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1985ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 133 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 76% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1985ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1985ba, #1935ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1985ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 133 186 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.45 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 4.73 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.80 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.07 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 8.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.04 #e67a45 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#1985ba  rgb(25, 133, 186)  hsl(200, 76%, 41%)  Steel Blue
#ba4e19  rgb(186, 78, 25)  hsl(20, 76%, 41%)  Mahogany
#ba1985  rgb(186, 25, 133)  hsl(320, 76%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#85ba19  rgb(133, 186, 25)  hsl(80, 76%, 41%)  Apple Green