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#205EE3

#205ee3 ≈ Royal Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#205ee3 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.55% red, 36.86% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.9% cyan, 58.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 220.92°, with 77.69% saturation and 50.78% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.57:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1386

Complementary

  1. #205ee3
  2. #e3a520

Split complementary

  1. #205ee3
  2. #e34320
  3. #c0e320

Analogous

  1. #20c0e3
  2. #205ee3
  3. #4320e3

Triadic

  1. #205ee3
  2. #e3205e
  3. #5ee320

Tetradic

  1. #205ee3
  2. #a520e3
  3. #e3a520
  4. #5ee320

Square

  1. #205ee3
  2. #e320c0
  3. #e3a520
  4. #20e343

Monochromatic

  1. #0c265e
  2. #1441a2
  3. #205ee3
  4. #648fec
  5. #a8c0f4

Shades

#205ee3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #205ee3
  2. #1d55cc
  3. #1a4bb6
  4. #16429f
  5. #133888
  6. #102f72
  7. #0d265b
  8. #0a1c44
  9. #06132d
  10. #030917
  11. #000000

Tints

#205ee3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #205ee3
  2. #366ee6
  3. #4d7ee9
  4. #638eeb
  5. #799eee
  6. #90aff1
  7. #a6bff4
  8. #bccff7
  9. #d2dff9
  10. #e9effc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#205ee3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #205ee3
  2. #2a61d9
  3. #3365cf
  4. #3d68c5
  5. #466cbb
  6. #506fb2
  7. #5a72a8
  8. #63769e
  9. #6d7994
  10. #767d8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #686868 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5464a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0071e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0060e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008097 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #006ae6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005fe1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0074ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-205ee3 {
  color: #205ee3;
}
Background
.bg-205ee3 {
  background-color: #205ee3;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-205ee3 {
  border: 2px solid #205ee3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #205ee3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 32 94 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 78% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-205ee3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #205ee3, #4320e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-205ee3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(32 94 227 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.98 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.67 #1560bd Denim ΔE 5.74 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 6.63 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.07 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 8.52 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.56 #dfa11c Inverted #686868 Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#205ee3  rgb(32, 94, 227)  hsl(221, 78%, 51%)  Royal Blue
#e3a520  rgb(227, 165, 32)  hsl(41, 78%, 51%)  Goldenrod
#e3205e  rgb(227, 32, 94)  hsl(341, 78%, 51%)  Raspberry
#5ee320  rgb(94, 227, 32)  hsl(101, 78%, 51%)  Harlequin