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#0966EA

#0966ea ≈ Royal Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0966ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 40% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.15% cyan, 56.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 215.2°, with 92.59% saturation and 47.65% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Blue (#4169e1), ΔE 3.06.

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Relative luminance0.155

Complementary

  1. #0966ea
  2. #ea8d09

Split complementary

  1. #0966ea
  2. #ea1d09
  3. #d7ea09

Analogous

  1. #09d7ea
  2. #0966ea
  3. #1d09ea

Triadic

  1. #0966ea
  2. #ea0966
  3. #66ea09

Tetradic

  1. #0966ea
  2. #8d09ea
  3. #ea8d09
  4. #66ea09

Square

  1. #0966ea
  2. #ea09d7
  3. #ea8d09
  4. #09ea1d

Monochromatic

  1. #032657
  2. #0646a0
  3. #0966ea
  4. #4890f8
  5. #91bdfb

Shades

#0966ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0966ea
  2. #085cd3
  3. #0752bb
  4. #0647a4
  5. #053d8c
  6. #053375
  7. #04295e
  8. #031f46
  9. #02142f
  10. #010a17
  11. #000000

Tints

#0966ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0966ea
  2. #2275ec
  3. #3a85ee
  4. #5394f0
  5. #6ba3f2
  6. #84b3f5
  7. #9dc2f7
  8. #b5d1f9
  9. #cee0fb
  10. #e6f0fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0966ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0966ea
  2. #1569df
  3. #216bd5
  4. #2d6eca
  5. #3970c0
  6. #4573b5
  7. #5076aa
  8. #5c78a0
  9. #687b95
  10. #747d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #566bae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0078ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0065e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00889e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0071ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0065e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007cc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0966ea {
  color: #0966ea;
}
Background
.bg-0966ea {
  background-color: #0966ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-0966ea {
  border: 2px solid #0966ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0966ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 102 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0966ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0966ea, #1d09ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0966ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 102 234 / 0.35);
}

#4169e1 Royal Blue ΔE 3.06 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 4.31 #4166f5 Ultramarine Blue ΔE 4.37 #1560bd Denim ΔE 5.91 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.77 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 8.23 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 8.63 #f69915 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Royal Blue
#0966ea  rgb(9, 102, 234)  hsl(215, 93%, 48%)  Royal Blue
#ea8d09  rgb(234, 141, 9)  hsl(35, 93%, 48%)  Carrot Orange
#ea0966  rgb(234, 9, 102)  hsl(335, 93%, 48%)  Razzmatazz
#66ea09  rgb(102, 234, 9)  hsl(95, 93%, 48%)  Lawn Green