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#280FCA

#280fca ≈ Medium Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#280fca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 5.88% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.2% cyan, 92.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 248.02°, with 86.18% saturation and 42.55% 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 10.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Blue (#0000cd), ΔE 1.76.

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Relative luminance0.0506

Complementary

  1. #280fca
  2. #b1ca0f

Split complementary

  1. #280fca
  2. #ca860f
  3. #54ca0f

Analogous

  1. #0f54ca
  2. #280fca
  3. #860fca

Triadic

  1. #280fca
  2. #ca280f
  3. #0fca28

Tetradic

  1. #280fca
  2. #ca0fb1
  3. #b1ca0f
  4. #0fca28

Square

  1. #280fca
  2. #ca0f54
  3. #b1ca0f
  4. #0fca86

Monochromatic

  1. #0c043c
  2. #1a0a83
  3. #280fca
  4. #4e35f0
  5. #8d7df5

Shades

#280fca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #280fca
  2. #240eb6
  3. #200ca2
  4. #1c0b8d
  5. #180979
  6. #140865
  7. #100651
  8. #0c053d
  9. #080328
  10. #040214
  11. #000000

Tints

#280fca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #280fca
  2. #3e27cf
  3. #533fd5
  4. #6957da
  5. #7e6fdf
  6. #9487e5
  7. #a99fea
  8. #bfb7ef
  9. #d4cff4
  10. #eae7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#280fca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #280fca
  2. #311ac3
  3. #3a26bb
  4. #4231b4
  5. #4b3cac
  6. #5448a5
  7. #5d539e
  8. #665e96
  9. #6e698f
  10. #777587
  11. #808080

Readable text 10.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #404040 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #37328d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0048cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0036c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #005577 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0039cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002bc8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00439f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-280fca {
  color: #280fca;
}
Background
.bg-280fca {
  background-color: #280fca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-280fca {
  border: 2px solid #280fca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #280fca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 15 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 248 86% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-280fca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #280fca, #860fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-280fca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 15 202 / 0.35);
}

#0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 1.76 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 5.06 #0000ff Blue ΔE 5.86 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 7.01 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.98 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 8.15 #002395 Imperial Blue ΔE 8.16 #d7f035 Inverted #404040 Grayscale 

Medium Blue
#280fca  rgb(40, 15, 202)  hsl(248, 86%, 43%)  Medium Blue
#b1ca0f  rgb(177, 202, 15)  hsl(68, 86%, 43%)  Yellow Green
#ca280f  rgb(202, 40, 15)  hsl(8, 86%, 43%)  Rosso Corsa
#0fca28  rgb(15, 202, 40)  hsl(128, 86%, 43%)  Lime Green