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#2D82CA

#2d82ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2d82ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.65% red, 50.98% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.72% cyan, 35.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 207.52°, with 63.56% saturation and 48.43% 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 5.16:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.77.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2079

Complementary

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #ca752d

Split complementary

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #ca2d33
  3. #cac42d

Analogous

  1. #2dcac4
  2. #2d82ca
  3. #2d33ca

Triadic

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #ca2d82
  3. #82ca2d

Tetradic

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #752dca
  3. #ca752d
  4. #82ca2d

Square

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #c42dca
  3. #ca752d
  4. #33ca2d

Monochromatic

  1. #11314d
  2. #1f5a8b
  3. #2d82ca
  4. #66a7dd
  5. #a5cbeb

Shades

#2d82ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #2975b6
  3. #2468a2
  4. #205b8d
  5. #1b4e79
  6. #174165
  7. #123451
  8. #0e273d
  9. #091a28
  10. #050d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#2d82ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #428fcf
  3. #579bd5
  4. #6ca8da
  5. #81b4df
  6. #96c1e5
  7. #abcdea
  8. #c0daef
  9. #d5e6f4
  10. #eaf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2d82ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2d82ca
  2. #3582c3
  3. #3e82bb
  4. #4681b4
  5. #4e81ac
  6. #5781a5
  7. #5f819e
  8. #678196
  9. #6f808f
  10. #788087
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.16:1 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 #5184cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #407cc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008db0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2d82ca {
  color: #2d82ca;
}
Background
.bg-2d82ca {
  background-color: #2d82ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2d82ca {
  border: 2px solid #2d82ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2d82ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 45 130 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 64% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2d82ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2d82ca, #2d33ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2d82ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(45 130 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.77 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.60 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.53 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.90 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.96 #d27d35 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#2d82ca  rgb(45, 130, 202)  hsl(208, 64%, 48%)  Steel Blue
#ca752d  rgb(202, 117, 45)  hsl(28, 64%, 48%)  Ochre
#ca2d82  rgb(202, 45, 130)  hsl(328, 64%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#82ca2d  rgb(130, 202, 45)  hsl(88, 64%, 48%)  Yellow Green