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#2850CA

#2850ca ≈ Sapphire

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2850ca is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 31.37% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.2% cyan, 60.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 225.19°, with 66.94% saturation and 47.45% 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 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Sapphire (#0f52ba), ΔE 3.6.

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Relative luminance0.1045

Complementary

  1. #2850ca
  2. #caa228

Split complementary

  1. #2850ca
  2. #ca5128
  3. #a1ca28

Analogous

  1. #28a1ca
  2. #2850ca
  3. #5128ca

Triadic

  1. #2850ca
  2. #ca2850
  3. #50ca28

Tetradic

  1. #2850ca
  2. #a228ca
  3. #caa228
  4. #50ca28

Square

  1. #2850ca
  2. #ca28a1
  3. #caa228
  4. #28ca51

Monochromatic

  1. #0f1d4a
  2. #1b378a
  3. #2850ca
  4. #5f7fdf
  5. #9fb2ec

Shades

#2850ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2850ca
  2. #2448b6
  3. #2040a2
  4. #1c388d
  5. #183079
  6. #142865
  7. #102051
  8. #0c183d
  9. #081028
  10. #040814
  11. #000000

Tints

#2850ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2850ca
  2. #3e62cf
  3. #5373d5
  4. #6985da
  5. #7e96df
  6. #94a8e5
  7. #a9b9ea
  8. #bfcbef
  9. #d4dcf4
  10. #eaeefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2850ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2850ca
  2. #3155c3
  3. #3a5abb
  4. #425eb4
  5. #4b63ac
  6. #5468a5
  7. #5d6d9e
  8. #667296
  9. #6e768f
  10. #777b87
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #5b5b5b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #4b5795 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0063ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0054c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006f85 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #005ccc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0052c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0064a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2850ca {
  color: #2850ca;
}
Background
.bg-2850ca {
  background-color: #2850ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2850ca {
  border: 2px solid #2850ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2850ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 80 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 67% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2850ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2850ca, #5128ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2850ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 80 202 / 0.35);
}

#0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 3.60 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 5.58 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 6.44 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.02 #1560bd Denim ΔE 7.07 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 7.35 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 7.74 #d7af35 Inverted #5b5b5b Grayscale 

Sapphire
#2850ca  rgb(40, 80, 202)  hsl(225, 67%, 47%)  Sapphire
#caa228  rgb(202, 162, 40)  hsl(45, 67%, 47%)  Metallic Gold
#ca2850  rgb(202, 40, 80)  hsl(345, 67%, 47%)  Brick Red
#50ca28  rgb(80, 202, 40)  hsl(105, 67%, 47%)  Lime Green