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#3E86CA

#3e86ca ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3e86ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 52.55% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.31% cyan, 33.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 209.14°, 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 5.47:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.9.

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Relative luminance0.2234

Complementary

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #ca823e

Split complementary

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #ca3e40
  3. #cac83e

Analogous

  1. #3ecac8
  2. #3e86ca
  3. #3e40ca

Triadic

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #ca3e86
  3. #86ca3e

Tetradic

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #823eca
  3. #ca823e
  4. #86ca3e

Square

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #c83eca
  3. #ca823e
  4. #40ca3e

Monochromatic

  1. #183857
  2. #285f93
  3. #3e86ca
  4. #7aacda
  5. #b6d1eb

Shades

#3e86ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #3879b6
  3. #326ba2
  4. #2b5e8d
  5. #255079
  6. #1f4365
  7. #193651
  8. #13283d
  9. #0c1b28
  10. #060d14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3e86ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #5192cf
  3. #659ed5
  4. #78aada
  5. #8bb6df
  6. #9fc3e5
  7. #b2cfea
  8. #c5dbef
  9. #d8e7f4
  10. #ecf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3e86ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3e86ca
  2. #4585c3
  3. #4b85bb
  4. #5284b4
  5. #5884ac
  6. #5f83a5
  7. #66829e
  8. #6c8296
  9. #73818f
  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 #6d84a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6889cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #547cc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00969f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a88cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c80c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0090b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3e86ca {
  color: #3e86ca;
}
Background
.bg-3e86ca {
  background-color: #3e86ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3e86ca {
  border: 2px solid #3e86ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3e86ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 134 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3e86ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3e86ca, #3e40ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3e86ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 134 202 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.90 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.33 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.68 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.04 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.75 #c17935 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#3e86ca  rgb(62, 134, 202)  hsl(209, 57%, 52%)  Steel Blue
#ca823e  rgb(202, 130, 62)  hsl(29, 57%, 52%)  Peru
#ca3e86  rgb(202, 62, 134)  hsl(329, 57%, 52%)  Mulberry
#86ca3e  rgb(134, 202, 62)  hsl(89, 57%, 52%)  Yellow Green