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#2875CA

#2875ca ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2875ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 45.88% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.2% cyan, 42.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 211.48°, with 66.94% saturation and 47.45% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 1.38.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1744

Complementary

  1. #2875ca
  2. #ca7d28

Split complementary

  1. #2875ca
  2. #ca2c28
  3. #c6ca28

Analogous

  1. #28c6ca
  2. #2875ca
  3. #2c28ca

Triadic

  1. #2875ca
  2. #ca2875
  3. #75ca28

Tetradic

  1. #2875ca
  2. #7d28ca
  3. #ca7d28
  4. #75ca28

Square

  1. #2875ca
  2. #ca28c6
  3. #ca7d28
  4. #28ca2c

Monochromatic

  1. #0f2b4a
  2. #1b508a
  3. #2875ca
  4. #5f9cdf
  5. #9fc4ec

Shades

#2875ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2875ca
  2. #2469b6
  3. #205ea2
  4. #1c528d
  5. #184679
  6. #143b65
  7. #102f51
  8. #0c233d
  9. #081728
  10. #040c14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2875ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2875ca
  2. #3e83cf
  3. #5391d5
  4. #699eda
  5. #7eacdf
  6. #94bae5
  7. #a9c8ea
  8. #bfd6ef
  9. #d4e3f4
  10. #eaf1fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2875ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2875ca
  2. #3176c3
  3. #3a77bb
  4. #4278b4
  5. #4b79ac
  6. #547ba5
  7. #5d7c9e
  8. #667d96
  9. #6e7e8f
  10. #777f87
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #747474 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e749e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4b7ccd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #2d6dc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008995 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3f79cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2b70c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0082ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2875ca {
  color: #2875ca;
}
Background
.bg-2875ca {
  background-color: #2875ca;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2875ca {
  border: 2px solid #2875ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2875ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 117 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 67% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2875ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2875ca, #2c28ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2875ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 117 202 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 1.38 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.09 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.69 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.53 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.29 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.88 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.25 #d78a35 Inverted #747474 Grayscale 

True Blue
#2875ca  rgb(40, 117, 202)  hsl(211, 67%, 47%)  True Blue
#ca7d28  rgb(202, 125, 40)  hsl(31, 67%, 47%)  Bronze
#ca2875  rgb(202, 40, 117)  hsl(331, 67%, 47%)  Telemagenta
#75ca28  rgb(117, 202, 40)  hsl(91, 67%, 47%)  Yellow Green