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#3686CA

#3686ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3686ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 52.55% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.27% cyan, 33.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 207.57°, with 58.27% saturation and 50.2% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.89.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.221

Complementary

  1. #3686ca
  2. #ca7a36

Split complementary

  1. #3686ca
  2. #ca363c
  3. #cac436

Analogous

  1. #36cac4
  2. #3686ca
  3. #363cca

Triadic

  1. #3686ca
  2. #ca3686
  3. #86ca36

Tetradic

  1. #3686ca
  2. #7a36ca
  3. #ca7a36
  4. #86ca36

Square

  1. #3686ca
  2. #c436ca
  3. #ca7a36
  4. #3cca36

Monochromatic

  1. #153652
  2. #255e8e
  3. #3686ca
  4. #73aada
  5. #afcfea

Shades

#3686ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3686ca
  2. #3179b6
  3. #2b6ba2
  4. #265e8d
  5. #205079
  6. #1b4365
  7. #163651
  8. #10283d
  9. #0b1b28
  10. #050d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3686ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3686ca
  2. #4a92cf
  3. #5e9ed5
  4. #72aada
  5. #86b6df
  6. #9bc3e5
  7. #afcfea
  8. #c3dbef
  9. #d7e7f4
  10. #ebf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3686ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3686ca
  2. #3d85c3
  3. #4585bb
  4. #4c84b4
  5. #5484ac
  6. #5b83a5
  7. #62829e
  8. #6a8296
  9. #71818f
  10. #798187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b83a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6789cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #527bc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00969f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5788cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4880c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0090b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3686ca {
  color: #3686ca;
}
Background
.bg-3686ca {
  background-color: #3686ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3686ca {
  border: 2px solid #3686ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3686ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 134 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 58% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3686ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3686ca, #363cca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3686ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 134 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.61 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.96 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.94 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.89 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.94 #c97935 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#3686ca  rgb(54, 134, 202)  hsl(208, 58%, 50%)  Steel Blue
#ca7a36  rgb(202, 122, 54)  hsl(28, 58%, 50%)  Bronze
#ca3686  rgb(202, 54, 134)  hsl(328, 58%, 50%)  Mulberry
#86ca36  rgb(134, 202, 54)  hsl(88, 58%, 50%)  Yellow Green