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#287CBA

#287cba ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#287cba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 48.63% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.49% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 205.48°, with 64.6% saturation and 44.31% 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 4.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.21.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1841

Complementary

  1. #287cba
  2. #ba6628

Split complementary

  1. #287cba
  2. #ba2833
  3. #baaf28

Analogous

  1. #28baaf
  2. #287cba
  3. #2833ba

Triadic

  1. #287cba
  2. #ba287c
  3. #7cba28

Tetradic

  1. #287cba
  2. #6628ba
  3. #ba6628
  4. #7cba28

Square

  1. #287cba
  2. #af28ba
  3. #ba6628
  4. #33ba28

Monochromatic

  1. #0d283c
  2. #1a527b
  3. #287cba
  4. #54a1da
  5. #93c4e8

Shades

#287cba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #287cba
  2. #2470a7
  3. #206395
  4. #1c5782
  5. #184a70
  6. #143e5d
  7. #10324a
  8. #0c2538
  9. #081925
  10. #040c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#287cba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #287cba
  2. #3e89c1
  3. #5396c8
  4. #69a3cf
  5. #7eb0d6
  6. #94bedd
  7. #a9cbe3
  8. #bfd8ea
  9. #d4e5f1
  10. #eaf2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#287cba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #287cba
  2. #317cb4
  3. #3a7dae
  4. #427da9
  5. #4b7ea3
  6. #547e9d
  7. #5d7e97
  8. #667f91
  9. #6e7f8c
  10. #778086
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #617996 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f7ebd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4a71b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008b92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f7dbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3f75b9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0085a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-287cba {
  color: #287cba;
}
Background
.bg-287cba {
  background-color: #287cba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-287cba {
  border: 2px solid #287cba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #287cba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 124 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 65% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-287cba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #287cba, #2833ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-287cba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 124 186 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.21 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.64 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.82 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.38 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.56 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.88 #d78345 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#287cba  rgb(40, 124, 186)  hsl(205, 65%, 44%)  Steel Blue
#ba6628  rgb(186, 102, 40)  hsl(25, 65%, 44%)  Copper
#ba287c  rgb(186, 40, 124)  hsl(325, 65%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#7cba28  rgb(124, 186, 40)  hsl(85, 65%, 44%)  Apple Green