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#3587CA

#3587ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3587ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 52.94% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.76% cyan, 33.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.98°, with 58.43% saturation and 50% 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 5.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.07.

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Relative luminance0.2235

Complementary

  1. #3587ca
  2. #ca7835

Split complementary

  1. #3587ca
  2. #ca353d
  3. #cac235

Analogous

  1. #35cac2
  2. #3587ca
  3. #353dca

Triadic

  1. #3587ca
  2. #ca3587
  3. #87ca35

Tetradic

  1. #3587ca
  2. #7835ca
  3. #ca7835
  4. #87ca35

Square

  1. #3587ca
  2. #c235ca
  3. #ca7835
  4. #3dca35

Monochromatic

  1. #153651
  2. #255e8d
  3. #3587ca
  4. #72abda
  5. #aecfea

Shades

#3587ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3587ca
  2. #307ab6
  3. #2a6ca2
  4. #255f8d
  5. #205179
  6. #1b4465
  7. #153651
  8. #10293d
  9. #0b1b28
  10. #050e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3587ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3587ca
  2. #4993cf
  3. #5d9fd5
  4. #72abda
  5. #86b7df
  6. #9ac3e5
  7. #aecfea
  8. #c2dbef
  9. #d7e7f4
  10. #ebf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3587ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3587ca
  2. #3d86c3
  3. #4486bb
  4. #4c85b4
  5. #5384ac
  6. #5b84a5
  7. #62839e
  8. #6a8296
  9. #71818f
  10. #798187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b84a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #688acd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #537cc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00979f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5889cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4980c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3587ca {
  color: #3587ca;
}
Background
.bg-3587ca {
  background-color: #3587ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3587ca {
  border: 2px solid #3587ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3587ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 135 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 58% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3587ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3587ca, #353dca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3587ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 135 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.60 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.41 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.88 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.81 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.98 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.13 #ca7835 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#3587ca  rgb(53, 135, 202)  hsl(207, 58%, 50%)  Steel Blue
#ca7835  rgb(202, 120, 53)  hsl(27, 58%, 50%)  Ochre
#ca3587  rgb(202, 53, 135)  hsl(327, 58%, 50%)  Mulberry
#87ca35  rgb(135, 202, 53)  hsl(87, 58%, 50%)  Yellow Green