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#1986CD

#1986cd ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1986cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 52.55% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.8% cyan, 34.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 203.67°, 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.77.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2166

Complementary

  1. #1986cd
  2. #cd6019

Split complementary

  1. #1986cd
  2. #cd192c
  3. #cdba19

Analogous

  1. #19cdba
  2. #1986cd
  3. #192ccd

Triadic

  1. #1986cd
  2. #cd1986
  3. #86cd19

Tetradic

  1. #1986cd
  2. #6019cd
  3. #cd6019
  4. #86cd19

Square

  1. #1986cd
  2. #ba19cd
  3. #cd6019
  4. #2ccd19

Monochromatic

  1. #082d45
  2. #115989
  3. #1986cd
  4. #4aaae9
  5. #8ecaf1

Shades

#1986cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1986cd
  2. #1779b9
  3. #146ba4
  4. #125e90
  5. #0f507b
  6. #0d4367
  7. #0a3652
  8. #08283e
  9. #051b29
  10. #030d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#1986cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1986cd
  2. #3092d2
  3. #479ed7
  4. #5eaadc
  5. #75b6e1
  6. #8cc3e6
  7. #a3cfeb
  8. #badbf0
  9. #d1e7f5
  10. #e8f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1986cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1986cd
  2. #2385c5
  3. #2e85be
  4. #3884b6
  5. #4284ae
  6. #4d83a7
  7. #57829f
  8. #618297
  9. #6b818f
  10. #768188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6683a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6489d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b79cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0097a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5088cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c7fcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1986cd {
  color: #1986cd;
}
Background
.bg-1986cd {
  background-color: #1986cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1986cd {
  border: 2px solid #1986cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1986cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 134 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 78% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1986cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1986cd, #192ccd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1986cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 134 205 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.77 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.68 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.29 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.78 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.44 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.58 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.64 #e67932 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#1986cd  rgb(25, 134, 205)  hsl(204, 78%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#cd6019  rgb(205, 96, 25)  hsl(24, 78%, 45%)  Burnt Orange
#cd1986  rgb(205, 25, 134)  hsl(324, 78%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#86cd19  rgb(134, 205, 25)  hsl(84, 78%, 45%)  Yellow Green