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#1985CA

#1985ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1985ca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.62% cyan, 34.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 203.39°, 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 5.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2125

Complementary

  1. #1985ca
  2. #ca5e19

Split complementary

  1. #1985ca
  2. #ca192d
  3. #cab619

Analogous

  1. #19cab6
  2. #1985ca
  3. #192dca

Triadic

  1. #1985ca
  2. #ca1985
  3. #85ca19

Tetradic

  1. #1985ca
  2. #5e19ca
  3. #ca5e19
  4. #85ca19

Square

  1. #1985ca
  2. #b619ca
  3. #ca5e19
  4. #2dca19

Monochromatic

  1. #082b42
  2. #115886
  3. #1985ca
  4. #47a9e8
  5. #8bc9f1

Shades

#1985ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1985ca
  2. #1778b6
  3. #146aa2
  4. #125d8d
  5. #0f5079
  6. #0d4365
  7. #0a3551
  8. #08283d
  9. #051b28
  10. #030d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1985ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1985ca
  2. #3091cf
  3. #479dd5
  4. #5eaada
  5. #75b6df
  6. #8cc2e5
  7. #a3ceea
  8. #badaef
  9. #d1e7f4
  10. #e8f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1985ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1985ca
  2. #2385c3
  3. #2e84bb
  4. #3884b4
  5. #4283ac
  6. #4d83a5
  7. #57829e
  8. #618296
  9. #6b818f
  10. #768187
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6581a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6487cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b78c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00969e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5086cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3d7ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fb1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1985ca {
  color: #1985ca;
}
Background
.bg-1985ca {
  background-color: #1985ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1985ca {
  border: 2px solid #1985ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1985ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 133 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1985ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1985ca, #192dca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1985ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 133 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.58 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.13 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.19 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.20 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.21 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.25 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.44 #e67a35 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#1985ca  rgb(25, 133, 202)  hsl(203, 78%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#ca5e19  rgb(202, 94, 25)  hsl(23, 78%, 45%)  Burnt Orange
#ca1985  rgb(202, 25, 133)  hsl(323, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#85ca19  rgb(133, 202, 25)  hsl(83, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green