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#477CA7

#477ca7 ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#477ca7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 48.63% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.49% cyan, 25.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 206.88°, with 40.34% saturation and 46.67% 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 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 2.62.

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Relative luminance0.1854

Complementary

  1. #477ca7
  2. #a77247

Split complementary

  1. #477ca7
  2. #a7474c
  3. #a7a247

Analogous

  1. #47a7a2
  2. #477ca7
  3. #474ca7

Triadic

  1. #477ca7
  2. #a7477c
  3. #7ca747

Tetradic

  1. #477ca7
  2. #7247a7
  3. #a77247
  4. #7ca747

Square

  1. #477ca7
  2. #a247a7
  3. #a77247
  4. #4ca747

Monochromatic

  1. #192c3c
  2. #305471
  3. #477ca7
  4. #76a1c5
  5. #acc6dc

Shades

#477ca7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #477ca7
  2. #407096
  3. #396386
  4. #325775
  5. #2b4a64
  6. #243e54
  7. #1c3243
  8. #152532
  9. #0e1921
  10. #070c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#477ca7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #477ca7
  2. #5989b0
  3. #6c96b9
  4. #7ea3c1
  5. #91b0ca
  6. #a3bed3
  7. #b5cbdc
  8. #c8d8e5
  9. #dae5ed
  10. #edf2f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#477ca7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #477ca7
  2. #4d7ca3
  3. #527d9f
  4. #587d9b
  5. #5e7e97
  6. #647e94
  7. #697e90
  8. #6f7f8c
  9. #757f88
  10. #7a8084
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #67798d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #697da9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d73a6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00868b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e7ca8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5577a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #298297 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-477ca7 {
  color: #477ca7;
}
Background
.bg-477ca7 {
  background-color: #477ca7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-477ca7 {
  border: 2px solid #477ca7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #477ca7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 124 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 40% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-477ca7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #477ca7, #474ca7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-477ca7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 124 167 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 2.62 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.73 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 5.50 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 5.67 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 5.96 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.07 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.27 #b88358 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#477ca7  rgb(71, 124, 167)  hsl(207, 40%, 47%)  Steel Blue
#a77247  rgb(167, 114, 71)  hsl(27, 40%, 47%)  Cafe au Lait
#a7477c  rgb(167, 71, 124)  hsl(327, 40%, 47%)  Twilight Lavender
#7ca747  rgb(124, 167, 71)  hsl(87, 40%, 47%)  Asparagus