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#2884CD

#2884cd ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2884cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 51.76% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.49% cyan, 35.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 206.55°, with 67.35% saturation and 48.04% 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 5.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.14.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2136

Complementary

  1. #2884cd
  2. #cd7128

Split complementary

  1. #2884cd
  2. #cd2831
  3. #cdc428

Analogous

  1. #28cdc4
  2. #2884cd
  3. #2831cd

Triadic

  1. #2884cd
  2. #cd2884
  3. #84cd28

Tetradic

  1. #2884cd
  2. #7128cd
  3. #cd7128
  4. #84cd28

Square

  1. #2884cd
  2. #c428cd
  3. #cd7128
  4. #31cd28

Monochromatic

  1. #0f324d
  2. #1c5b8d
  3. #2884cd
  4. #61a8e0
  5. #a1cbed

Shades

#2884cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2884cd
  2. #2477b9
  3. #206aa4
  4. #1c5c90
  5. #184f7b
  6. #144267
  7. #103552
  8. #0c283e
  9. #081a29
  10. #040d15
  11. #000000

Tints

#2884cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2884cd
  2. #3e90d2
  3. #539dd7
  4. #69a9dc
  5. #7eb5e1
  6. #94c2e6
  7. #a9ceeb
  8. #bfdaf0
  9. #d4e6f5
  10. #eaf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2884cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2884cd
  2. #3184c5
  3. #3a83be
  4. #4283b6
  5. #4b82ae
  6. #5482a7
  7. #5d829f
  8. #668197
  9. #6e818f
  10. #778088
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6781a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6288d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4979cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00969f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5086cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e7dcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2884cd {
  color: #2884cd;
}
Background
.bg-2884cd {
  background-color: #2884cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2884cd {
  border: 2px solid #2884cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2884cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 132 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 67% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2884cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2884cd, #2831cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2884cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 132 205 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.14 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.92 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.15 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.43 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.93 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.46 #d77b32 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#2884cd  rgb(40, 132, 205)  hsl(207, 67%, 48%)  Steel Blue
#cd7128  rgb(205, 113, 40)  hsl(27, 67%, 48%)  Chocolate
#cd2884  rgb(205, 40, 132)  hsl(327, 67%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#84cd28  rgb(132, 205, 40)  hsl(87, 67%, 48%)  Yellow Green