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#2C82CA

#2c82ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2c82ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 50.98% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.22% cyan, 35.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 207.34°, with 64.23% saturation and 48.24% 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 5.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2077

Complementary

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #ca742c

Split complementary

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #ca2c33
  3. #cac32c

Analogous

  1. #2ccac3
  2. #2c82ca
  3. #2c33ca

Triadic

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #ca2c82
  3. #82ca2c

Tetradic

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #742cca
  3. #ca742c
  4. #82ca2c

Square

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #c32cca
  3. #ca742c
  4. #33ca2c

Monochromatic

  1. #11314c
  2. #1e5a8b
  3. #2c82ca
  4. #65a7dd
  5. #a4cbeb

Shades

#2c82ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #2875b6
  3. #2368a2
  4. #1f5b8d
  5. #1a4e79
  6. #164165
  7. #123451
  8. #0d273d
  9. #091a28
  10. #040d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2c82ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #418fcf
  3. #569bd5
  4. #6ba8da
  5. #80b4df
  6. #96c1e5
  7. #abcdea
  8. #c0daef
  9. #d5e6f4
  10. #eaf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2c82ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2c82ca
  2. #3482c3
  3. #3d82bb
  4. #4581b4
  5. #4e81ac
  6. #5681a5
  7. #5e819e
  8. #678196
  9. #6f808f
  10. #788087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #677fa2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6086cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4977c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00939c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5084cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3f7cc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008db0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2c82ca {
  color: #2c82ca;
}
Background
.bg-2c82ca {
  background-color: #2c82ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2c82ca {
  border: 2px solid #2c82ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2c82ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 130 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 64% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2c82ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2c82ca, #2c33ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2c82ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 130 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.79 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.63 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.55 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.23 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.93 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.04 #d37d35 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#2c82ca  rgb(44, 130, 202)  hsl(207, 64%, 48%)  Steel Blue
#ca742c  rgb(202, 116, 44)  hsl(27, 64%, 48%)  Ochre
#ca2c82  rgb(202, 44, 130)  hsl(327, 64%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#82ca2c  rgb(130, 202, 44)  hsl(87, 64%, 48%)  Yellow Green