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#2F87BF

#2f87bf ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2f87bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 52.94% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.39% cyan, 29.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 203.33°, with 60.5% saturation and 46.67% 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 5.34:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 3.2.

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Relative luminance0.2169

Complementary

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #bf672f

Split complementary

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #bf2f3f
  3. #bfaf2f

Analogous

  1. #2fbfaf
  2. #2f87bf
  3. #2f3fbf

Triadic

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #bf2f87
  3. #87bf2f

Tetradic

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #672fbf
  3. #bf672f
  4. #87bf2f

Square

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #af2fbf
  3. #bf672f
  4. #3fbf2f

Monochromatic

  1. #113044
  2. #205c82
  3. #2f87bf
  4. #62aad8
  5. #a0cce8

Shades

#2f87bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #2a7aac
  3. #266c99
  4. #215f86
  5. #1c5173
  6. #184460
  7. #13364c
  8. #0e2939
  9. #091b26
  10. #050e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f87bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #4493c5
  3. #599fcc
  4. #6dabd2
  5. #82b7d9
  6. #97c3df
  7. #accfe5
  8. #c1dbec
  9. #d5e7f2
  10. #eaf3f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f87bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f87bf
  2. #3786b9
  3. #3f86b2
  4. #4785ac
  5. #4f84a6
  6. #5884a0
  7. #608399
  8. #688293
  9. #70818d
  10. #788186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #69839d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d88c1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #597abe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00959b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a87c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c80be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0090aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f87bf {
  color: #2f87bf;
}
Background
.bg-2f87bf {
  background-color: #2f87bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2f87bf {
  border: 2px solid #2f87bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f87bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 135 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 61% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f87bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f87bf, #2f3fbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f87bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 135 191 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.20 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.80 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.85 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.11 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.89 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 8.11 #d07840 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#2f87bf  rgb(47, 135, 191)  hsl(203, 61%, 47%)  Steel Blue
#bf672f  rgb(191, 103, 47)  hsl(23, 61%, 47%)  Chocolate
#bf2f87  rgb(191, 47, 135)  hsl(323, 61%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#87bf2f  rgb(135, 191, 47)  hsl(83, 61%, 47%)  Yellow Green