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#4282BA

#4282ba ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4282ba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 50.98% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.52% cyan, 30.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 208°, with 47.62% saturation and 49.41% 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 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 0.89.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2067

Complementary

  1. #4282ba
  2. #ba7a42

Split complementary

  1. #4282ba
  2. #ba4246
  3. #bab642

Analogous

  1. #42bab6
  2. #4282ba
  3. #4246ba

Triadic

  1. #4282ba
  2. #ba4282
  3. #82ba42

Tetradic

  1. #4282ba
  2. #7a42ba
  3. #ba7a42
  4. #82ba42

Square

  1. #4282ba
  2. #b642ba
  3. #ba7a42
  4. #46ba42

Monochromatic

  1. #1a3349
  2. #2e5b82
  3. #4282ba
  4. #79a7cf
  5. #b1cce3

Shades

#4282ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4282ba
  2. #3b75a7
  3. #356895
  4. #2e5b82
  5. #284e70
  6. #21415d
  7. #1a344a
  8. #142738
  9. #0d1a25
  10. #070d13
  11. #000000

Tints

#4282ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4282ba
  2. #558fc1
  3. #689bc8
  4. #7ba8cf
  5. #8eb4d6
  6. #a1c1dd
  7. #b3cde3
  8. #c6daea
  9. #d9e6f1
  10. #ecf3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4282ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4282ba
  2. #4882b4
  3. #4e82ae
  4. #5581a9
  5. #5b81a3
  6. #61819d
  7. #678197
  8. #6d8191
  9. #74808c
  10. #7a8086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b7f99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6984bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5978b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008f96 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5c83bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #517cb9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #008aa5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4282ba {
  color: #4282ba;
}
Background
.bg-4282ba {
  background-color: #4282ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4282ba {
  border: 2px solid #4282ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4282ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 130 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 48% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4282ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4282ba, #4246ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4282ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 130 186 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 0.89 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.50 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 5.56 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.91 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.12 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 6.46 #bd7d45 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#4282ba  rgb(66, 130, 186)  hsl(208, 48%, 49%)  Steel Blue
#ba7a42  rgb(186, 122, 66)  hsl(28, 48%, 49%)  Copper
#ba4282  rgb(186, 66, 130)  hsl(328, 48%, 49%)  Mulberry
#82ba42  rgb(130, 186, 66)  hsl(88, 48%, 49%)  Apple Green