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#2A04EE

#2a04ee ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2a04ee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.35% cyan, 98.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 249.74°, with 96.69% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 1.74.

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Web safe#3300ff
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Relative luminance0.0675

Complementary

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #c8ee04

Split complementary

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #ee9f04
  3. #53ee04

Analogous

  1. #0453ee
  2. #2a04ee
  3. #9f04ee

Triadic

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #ee2a04
  3. #04ee2a

Tetradic

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #ee04c8
  3. #c8ee04
  4. #04ee2a

Square

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #ee0453
  3. #c8ee04
  4. #04ee9f

Monochromatic

  1. #0f0158
  2. #1d03a3
  3. #2a04ee
  4. #6143fc
  5. #a08efd

Shades

#2a04ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #2604d6
  3. #2203be
  4. #1d03a7
  5. #19028f
  6. #150277
  7. #11025f
  8. #0d0147
  9. #080130
  10. #040018
  11. #000000

Tints

#2a04ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #3f1df0
  3. #5536f1
  4. #6a4ff3
  5. #7f68f5
  6. #9582f7
  7. #aa9bf8
  8. #bfb4fa
  9. #d4cdfc
  10. #eae6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2a04ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2a04ee
  2. #3310e3
  3. #3b1dd8
  4. #4429cd
  5. #4c36c2
  6. #5542b7
  7. #5e4eac
  8. #665ba1
  9. #6f6796
  10. #77748b
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3f39a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0054f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00638c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0041f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0030ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #004ebb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2a04ee {
  color: #2a04ee;
}
Background
.bg-2a04ee {
  background-color: #2a04ee;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2a04ee {
  border: 2px solid #2a04ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2a04ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 4 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2a04ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2a04ee, #9f04ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2a04ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 4 238 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 1.74 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 2.86 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 4.50 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 5.05 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 7.16 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.14 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 9.24 #d5fb11 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#2a04ee  rgb(42, 4, 238)  hsl(250, 97%, 47%)  Blue
#c8ee04  rgb(200, 238, 4)  hsl(70, 97%, 47%)  Electric Lime
#ee2a04  rgb(238, 42, 4)  hsl(10, 97%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#04ee2a  rgb(4, 238, 42)  hsl(130, 97%, 47%)  Lime