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#2959EA

#2959ea ≈ Ultramarine Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2959ea is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 34.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.48% cyan, 61.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225.08°, with 82.13% saturation and 53.92% 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 5.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Ultramarine Blue (#4166f5), ΔE 4.79.

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Web safe#3366ff
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Relative luminance0.1356

Complementary

  1. #2959ea
  2. #eaba29

Split complementary

  1. #2959ea
  2. #ea5a29
  3. #b9ea29

Analogous

  1. #29b9ea
  2. #2959ea
  3. #5a29ea

Triadic

  1. #2959ea
  2. #ea2959
  3. #59ea29

Tetradic

  1. #2959ea
  2. #ba29ea
  3. #eaba29
  4. #59ea29

Square

  1. #2959ea
  2. #ea29b9
  3. #eaba29
  4. #29ea5a

Monochromatic

  1. #0b246f
  2. #123ab5
  3. #2959ea
  4. #6f8ff1
  5. #b4c5f8

Shades

#2959ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2959ea
  2. #2550d3
  3. #2147bb
  4. #1d3ea4
  5. #19358c
  6. #152d75
  7. #10245e
  8. #0c1b46
  9. #08122f
  10. #040917
  11. #000000

Tints

#2959ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2959ea
  2. #3e6aec
  3. #547aee
  4. #698bf0
  5. #7f9bf2
  6. #94acf5
  7. #a9bdf7
  8. #bfcdf9
  9. #d4defb
  10. #eaeefd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2959ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2959ea
  2. #325ddf
  3. #3a61d5
  4. #4365ca
  5. #4c69c0
  6. #556db5
  7. #5d70aa
  8. #6674a0
  9. #6f7895
  10. #777c8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #676767 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5562ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0070ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #005ee7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007f99 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0068ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #005ce8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0072bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2959ea {
  color: #2959ea;
}
Background
.bg-2959ea {
  background-color: #2959ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2959ea {
  border: 2px solid #2959ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2959ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 89 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2959ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2959ea, #5a29ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2959ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 89 234 / 0.35);
}

#4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.79 #4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 5.22 #6050dc Majorelle Blue ΔE 6.83 #5a4fcf Iris ΔE 6.88 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 7.29 #1560bd Denim ΔE 7.66 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 8.21 #d6a615 Inverted #676767 Grayscale 

Ultramarine Blue
#2959ea  rgb(41, 89, 234)  hsl(225, 82%, 54%)  Ultramarine Blue
#eaba29  rgb(234, 186, 41)  hsl(45, 82%, 54%)  Meat Brown
#ea2959  rgb(234, 41, 89)  hsl(345, 82%, 54%)  Amaranth
#59ea29  rgb(89, 234, 41)  hsl(105, 82%, 54%)  Neon Green