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#2A04EB

#2a04eb ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2a04eb is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 1.57% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.13% cyan, 98.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 249.87°, with 96.65% saturation and 46.86% 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 9.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.07.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0658

Complementary

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #c5eb04

Split complementary

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #eb9d04
  3. #51eb04

Analogous

  1. #0451eb
  2. #2a04eb
  3. #9d04eb

Triadic

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #eb2a04
  3. #04eb2a

Tetradic

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #eb04c5
  3. #c5eb04
  4. #04eb2a

Square

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #eb0451
  3. #c5eb04
  4. #04eb9d

Monochromatic

  1. #0f0155
  2. #1d03a0
  3. #2a04eb
  4. #5f40fc
  5. #9e8bfd

Shades

#2a04eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #2604d4
  3. #2203bc
  4. #1d03a5
  5. #19028d
  6. #150276
  7. #11025e
  8. #0d0147
  9. #08012f
  10. #040018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2a04eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #3f1ded
  3. #5536ef
  4. #6a4ff1
  5. #7f68f3
  6. #9582f5
  7. #aa9bf7
  8. #bfb4f9
  9. #d4cdfb
  10. #eae6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2a04eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2a04eb
  2. #3310e0
  3. #3b1dd6
  4. #4429cb
  5. #4c36c0
  6. #5542b6
  7. #5e4eab
  8. #665ba0
  9. #6f6795
  10. #77748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3e38a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0053f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003de8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00628a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0041ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #002fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004db9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2a04eb {
  color: #2a04eb;
}
Background
.bg-2a04eb {
  background-color: #2a04eb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2a04eb {
  border: 2px solid #2a04eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2a04eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 4 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2a04eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2a04eb, #9d04eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2a04eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 4 235 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.07 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 3.21 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.69 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 4.80 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.43 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.88 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.03 #d5fb14 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#2a04eb  rgb(42, 4, 235)  hsl(250, 97%, 47%)  Blue
#c5eb04  rgb(197, 235, 4)  hsl(70, 97%, 47%)  Pear
#eb2a04  rgb(235, 42, 4)  hsl(10, 97%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#04eb2a  rgb(4, 235, 42)  hsl(130, 97%, 47%)  Lime