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#5083AE

#5083ae ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5083ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.37% red, 51.37% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.02% cyan, 24.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 207.45°, with 37.01% saturation and 49.8% 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 5.2:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 1.48.

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Relative luminance0.2099

Complementary

  1. #5083ae
  2. #ae7b50

Split complementary

  1. #5083ae
  2. #ae5054
  3. #aeaa50

Analogous

  1. #50aeaa
  2. #5083ae
  3. #5054ae

Triadic

  1. #5083ae
  2. #ae5083
  3. #83ae50

Tetradic

  1. #5083ae
  2. #7b50ae
  3. #ae7b50
  4. #83ae50

Square

  1. #5083ae
  2. #aa50ae
  3. #ae7b50
  4. #54ae50

Monochromatic

  1. #203445
  2. #385c7a
  3. #5083ae
  4. #84a8c6
  5. #b8cddf

Shades

#5083ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5083ae
  2. #48769d
  3. #40698b
  4. #385c7a
  5. #304f68
  6. #284257
  7. #203446
  8. #182734
  9. #101a23
  10. #080d11
  11. #000000

Tints

#5083ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5083ae
  2. #628fb6
  3. #739cbe
  4. #85a8c6
  5. #96b5ce
  6. #a8c1d7
  7. #b9cddf
  8. #cbdae7
  9. #dce6ef
  10. #eef3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5083ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5083ae
  2. #5583a9
  3. #5a82a5
  4. #5e82a0
  5. #63829c
  6. #688297
  7. #6d8192
  8. #72818e
  9. #768189
  10. #7b8085
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8094 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7184b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #647aad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #158d92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6583af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d7eae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #36899e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5083ae {
  color: #5083ae;
}
Background
.bg-5083ae {
  background-color: #5083ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5083ae {
  border: 2px solid #5083ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5083ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 80 131 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 37% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5083ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5083ae, #5054ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5083ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(80 131 174 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 1.48 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.81 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.26 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 4.76 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.64 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.25 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.49 #af7c51 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#5083ae  rgb(80, 131, 174)  hsl(207, 37%, 50%)  Steel Blue
#ae7b50  rgb(174, 123, 80)  hsl(27, 37%, 50%)  Cafe au Lait
#ae5083  rgb(174, 80, 131)  hsl(327, 37%, 50%)  Mulberry
#83ae50  rgb(131, 174, 80)  hsl(87, 37%, 50%)  Asparagus