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#208EC8

#208ec8 ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#208ec8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.55% red, 55.69% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 200.71°, with 72.41% saturation and 45.49% 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 5.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 5.71.

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Relative luminance0.2382

Complementary

  1. #208ec8
  2. #c85a20

Split complementary

  1. #208ec8
  2. #c8203a
  3. #c8ae20

Analogous

  1. #20c8ae
  2. #208ec8
  3. #203ac8

Triadic

  1. #208ec8
  2. #c8208e
  3. #8ec820

Tetradic

  1. #208ec8
  2. #5a20c8
  3. #c85a20
  4. #8ec820

Square

  1. #208ec8
  2. #ae20c8
  3. #c85a20
  4. #3ac820

Monochromatic

  1. #0b3044
  2. #155f86
  3. #208ec8
  4. #51b1e3
  5. #93cfee

Shades

#208ec8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #208ec8
  2. #1d80b4
  3. #1a72a0
  4. #16638c
  5. #135578
  6. #104764
  7. #0d3950
  8. #0a2b3c
  9. #061c28
  10. #030e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#208ec8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #208ec8
  2. #3699ce
  3. #4da5d3
  4. #63b0d9
  5. #79bbde
  6. #90c7e4
  7. #a6d2e9
  8. #bcddef
  9. #d2e8f4
  10. #e9f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#208ec8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #208ec8
  2. #2a8dc1
  3. #338bba
  4. #3d8ab2
  5. #4688ab
  6. #5087a4
  7. #5a869d
  8. #638496
  9. #6d838e
  10. #768187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c89a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #728ecb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c7fc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009da2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c8eca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b85c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0097b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-208ec8 {
  color: #208ec8;
}
Background
.bg-208ec8 {
  background-color: #208ec8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-208ec8 {
  border: 2px solid #208ec8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #208ec8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 32 142 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 72% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-208ec8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #208ec8, #203ac8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-208ec8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(32 142 200 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.52 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.76 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.80 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.02 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 8.11 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.41 #df7137 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#208ec8  rgb(32, 142, 200)  hsl(201, 72%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#c85a20  rgb(200, 90, 32)  hsl(21, 72%, 45%)  Burnt Orange
#c8208e  rgb(200, 32, 142)  hsl(321, 72%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#8ec820  rgb(142, 200, 32)  hsl(81, 72%, 45%)  Yellow Green