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#487E9F

#487e9f ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#487e9f is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 49.41% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.72% cyan, 20.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.65% black. Its hue angle is 202.76°, with 37.66% saturation and 45.29% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 4.48.

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Web safe#336699
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Relative luminance0.188

Complementary

  1. #487e9f
  2. #9f6948

Split complementary

  1. #487e9f
  2. #9f4852
  3. #9f9448

Analogous

  1. #489f94
  2. #487e9f
  3. #48529f

Triadic

  1. #487e9f
  2. #9f487e
  3. #7e9f48

Tetradic

  1. #487e9f
  2. #69489f
  3. #9f6948
  4. #7e9f48

Square

  1. #487e9f
  2. #94489f
  3. #9f6948
  4. #529f48

Monochromatic

  1. #182b36
  2. #30546a
  3. #487e9f
  4. #74a3c0
  5. #a8c6d8

Shades

#487e9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #487e9f
  2. #41718f
  3. #3a657f
  4. #32586f
  5. #2b4c5f
  6. #243f50
  7. #1d3240
  8. #162630
  9. #0e1920
  10. #070d10
  11. #000000

Tints

#487e9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #487e9f
  2. #5a8ba9
  3. #6d98b2
  4. #7fa5bc
  5. #91b2c5
  6. #a4bfcf
  7. #b6cbd9
  8. #c8d8e2
  9. #dae5ec
  10. #edf2f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#487e9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #487e9f
  2. #4e7e9c
  3. #537e99
  4. #597f96
  5. #5e7f93
  6. #647f90
  7. #6a7f8c
  8. #6f7f89
  9. #758086
  10. #7a8083
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #687a89 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f7da1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #63749e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0b8689 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #627ea0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59789f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2f8392 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-487e9f {
  color: #487e9f;
}
Background
.bg-487e9f {
  background-color: #487e9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-487e9f {
  border: 2px solid #487e9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #487e9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 126 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 38% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-487e9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #487e9f, #48529f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-487e9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 126 159 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.48 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 4.82 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.03 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.62 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 7.61 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 7.75 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.13 #b78160 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#487e9f  rgb(72, 126, 159)  hsl(203, 38%, 45%)  Steel Blue
#9f6948  rgb(159, 105, 72)  hsl(23, 38%, 45%)  Cafe au Lait
#9f487e  rgb(159, 72, 126)  hsl(323, 38%, 45%)  Deep Plum
#7e9f48  rgb(126, 159, 72)  hsl(83, 38%, 45%)  Moss Green