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#265AEE

#265aee ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#265aee is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 35.29% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.03% cyan, 62.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 224.4°, with 85.47% saturation and 54.12% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 4.36.

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Relative luminance0.139

Complementary

  1. #265aee
  2. #eeba26

Split complementary

  1. #265aee
  2. #ee5626
  3. #beee26

Analogous

  1. #26beee
  2. #265aee
  3. #5626ee

Triadic

  1. #265aee
  2. #ee265a
  3. #5aee26

Tetradic

  1. #265aee
  2. #ba26ee
  3. #eeba26
  4. #5aee26

Square

  1. #265aee
  2. #ee26be
  3. #eeba26
  4. #26ee56

Monochromatic

  1. #092472
  2. #0e3bb9
  3. #265aee
  4. #6d90f4
  5. #b4c6f9

Shades

#265aee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #265aee
  2. #2251d6
  3. #1e48be
  4. #1b3fa7
  5. #17368f
  6. #132d77
  7. #0f245f
  8. #0b1b47
  9. #081230
  10. #040918
  11. #000000

Tints

#265aee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #265aee
  2. #3c6bf0
  3. #517bf1
  4. #678cf3
  5. #7d9cf5
  6. #93adf7
  7. #a8bdf8
  8. #becefa
  9. #d4defc
  10. #e9effd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#265aee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #265aee
  2. #2f5ee3
  3. #3862d8
  4. #4165cd
  5. #4a69c2
  6. #536db7
  7. #5c71ac
  8. #6575a1
  9. #6e7896
  10. #777c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #686868 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5563ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0072f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005feb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00819c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0069f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005dec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0073c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-265aee {
  color: #265aee;
}
Background
.bg-265aee {
  background-color: #265aee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-265aee {
  border: 2px solid #265aee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #265aee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 90 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-265aee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #265aee, #5626ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-265aee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 90 238 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.36 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 4.97 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.10 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 7.28 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.73 #1560bd Denim ΔE 7.82 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 7.94 #d9a511 Inverted #686868 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#265aee  rgb(38, 90, 238)  hsl(224, 85%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#eeba26  rgb(238, 186, 38)  hsl(44, 85%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#ee265a  rgb(238, 38, 90)  hsl(344, 85%, 54%)  Amaranth
#5aee26  rgb(90, 238, 38)  hsl(104, 85%, 54%)  Neon Green