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#024EA2

#024ea2 ≈ Yale Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#024ea2 is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.78% red, 30.59% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.77% cyan, 51.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 211.5°, with 97.56% saturation and 32.16% 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 corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Yale Blue (#0f4d92), ΔE 1.97.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#006699
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Relative luminance0.0807

Complementary

  1. #024ea2
  2. #a25602

Split complementary

  1. #024ea2
  2. #a20602
  3. #9ea202

Analogous

  1. #029ea2
  2. #024ea2
  3. #0602a2

Triadic

  1. #024ea2
  2. #a2024e
  3. #4ea202

Tetradic

  1. #024ea2
  2. #5602a2
  3. #a25602
  4. #4ea202

Square

  1. #024ea2
  2. #a2029e
  3. #a25602
  4. #02a206

Monochromatic

  1. #000a14
  2. #012a56
  3. #024ea2
  4. #0372ee
  5. #409afd

Shades

#024ea2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #024ea2
  2. #024692
  3. #023e82
  4. #013771
  5. #012f61
  6. #012751
  7. #011f41
  8. #011731
  9. #001020
  10. #000810
  11. #000000

Tints

#024ea2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #024ea2
  2. #1b60ab
  3. #3571b5
  4. #4e83be
  5. #6795c7
  6. #81a7d1
  7. #9ab8da
  8. #b3cae3
  9. #ccdcec
  10. #e6edf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#024ea2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #024ea2
  2. #0f539f
  3. #1b589b
  4. #285d98
  5. #346294
  6. #416791
  7. #4e6c8e
  8. #5a718a
  9. #677687
  10. #737b83
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #505050 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3e4f7a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #1257a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #004aa0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006370 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0d54a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #004ca1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #005b87 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-024ea2 {
  color: #024ea2;
}
Background
.bg-024ea2 {
  background-color: #024ea2;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-024ea2 {
  border: 2px solid #024ea2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #024ea2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 2 78 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 98% 32%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-024ea2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #024ea2, #0602a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-024ea2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(2 78 162 / 0.35);
}

#0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 1.97 #0047ab Cobalt Blue ΔE 3.21 #0f52ba Sapphire ΔE 3.57 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 6.55 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.57 #003399 Smalt ΔE 9.19 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 9.36 #fdb15d Inverted #505050 Grayscale 

Yale Blue
#024ea2  rgb(2, 78, 162)  hsl(212, 98%, 32%)  Yale Blue
#a25602  rgb(162, 86, 2)  hsl(32, 98%, 32%)  Ginger
#a2024e  rgb(162, 2, 78)  hsl(332, 98%, 32%)  Jazzberry Jam
#4ea202  rgb(78, 162, 2)  hsl(92, 98%, 32%)  Kelly Green