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#3E85CA

#3e85ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3e85ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 52.16% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.31% cyan, 34.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 209.57°, with 56.91% saturation and 51.76% 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 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.83.

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Relative luminance0.2206

Complementary

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #ca833e

Split complementary

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #ca3e3f
  3. #cac93e

Analogous

  1. #3ecac9
  2. #3e85ca
  3. #3e3fca

Triadic

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #ca3e85
  3. #85ca3e

Tetradic

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #833eca
  3. #ca833e
  4. #85ca3e

Square

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #c93eca
  3. #ca833e
  4. #3fca3e

Monochromatic

  1. #183857
  2. #285f93
  3. #3e85ca
  4. #7aabda
  5. #b6d1eb

Shades

#3e85ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #3878b6
  3. #326aa2
  4. #2b5d8d
  5. #255079
  6. #1f4365
  7. #193551
  8. #13283d
  9. #0c1b28
  10. #060d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3e85ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #5191cf
  3. #659dd5
  4. #78aada
  5. #8bb6df
  6. #9fc2e5
  7. #b2ceea
  8. #c5daef
  9. #d8e7f4
  10. #ecf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3e85ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3e85ca
  2. #4585c3
  3. #4b84bb
  4. #5284b4
  5. #5883ac
  6. #5f83a5
  7. #66829e
  8. #6c8296
  9. #73818f
  10. #798187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d83a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6689cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #527bc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00959e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5987cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b7fc9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008fb1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3e85ca {
  color: #3e85ca;
}
Background
.bg-3e85ca {
  background-color: #3e85ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3e85ca {
  border: 2px solid #3e85ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3e85ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 133 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3e85ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3e85ca, #3e3fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3e85ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 133 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.83 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.52 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.84 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.87 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.35 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.57 #c17a35 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#3e85ca  rgb(62, 133, 202)  hsl(210, 57%, 52%)  Steel Blue
#ca833e  rgb(202, 131, 62)  hsl(30, 57%, 52%)  Peru
#ca3e85  rgb(202, 62, 133)  hsl(330, 57%, 52%)  Mulberry
#85ca3e  rgb(133, 202, 62)  hsl(90, 57%, 52%)  Yellow Green