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True Blue / #0073cf Hex Color Code

#0073cf Paint ChipThe color true blue with hexadecimal color code #0073cf is a shade of cyan-blue. In the RGB color model #0073cf is comprised of 0% red, 45.1% green and 81.18% blue. In the HSL color space #0073cf has a hue of 207° (degrees), 100% saturation and 41% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 475.26 nm.

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#0073cf linear gradient to complementary #cfc200

  1. #0073cf
  2. #617eb6
  3. #848b9d
  4. #9d9883
  5. #b0a567
  6. #c1b345
  7. #cfc200

Monochromatic Colors

  1. #005fb8
  2. #0065bf
  3. #006cc7
  4. #0073cf
  5. #1d7ad7
  6. #2c81df
  7. #3988e7

Tones

  1. #0073cf
  2. #3671bd
  3. #4a6fac
  4. #566d9b
  5. #5e6b8a
  6. #646a79
  7. #686868

Tints and Shades

#0073cf to White

  1. #0073cf
  2. #5588d7
  3. #7d9fe0
  4. #a0b6e8
  5. #c1cef0
  6. #e0e6f7
  7. #ffffff

#0073cf to Black

  1. #0073cf
  2. #165fa9
  3. #1c4c85
  4. #1c3962
  5. #182842
  6. #121824
  7. #000000

Color Blindness Simulation

Monochromacy

Dichromacy

Trichromacy

Paints

Similar Paints

  1. Pantone / PMS

    1. ★ 285
      #1a75cf       ΔE = 0.943 / LRV ≈ 17.4%
    2. ★ 300
      #006ec7       ΔE = 2.000 / LRV ≈ 15.3%

  2. Plascon

    1. ★ Blue for You B3-A1-3
      #0070c8       ΔE = 1.468 / LRV ≈ 15.8%
    2. Cullen Cove B4-A1-3
      #006ccc       ΔE = 2.800 / LRV ≈ 15.1%

  3. Caparol

    1. ★ 41/08
      #2074d4       ΔE = 1.784 / LRV ≈ 17.5%
    2. ★ 70 18 246 / Lago 110
      #3470c4       ΔE = 1.995 / LRV ≈ 16.3%

  4. GM / General Motors

    1. ★ Blue
      #0070d2       ΔE = 1.818 / LRV ≈ 16.2%
    2. ★ Blue
      #006dca       ΔE = 2.268 / LRV ≈ 15.2%

  5. Natural Color System / NCS

    1. S 1560-R90B
      #1d77ca       ΔE = 2.331 / LRV ≈ 17.7%

  6. Ford

    1. Blue
      #266dca       ΔE = 2.624 / LRV ≈ 15.6%

#0073cf HTML / CSS Code Examples

#0073cf foreground

To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.

Kurt Vonnegut
<p style="color: #0073cf">…</p>

#0073cf background

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Marc Chagall
<p style="background-color: #0073cf">…</p>

#0073cf shadow

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

Pablo Picasso
<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #0073cf">…</p>

Color Charts

Color Space Conversions

Decimal
29647
Binary
00000000, 01110011, 11001111
Hexadecimal
#0073cf
LRV
≈ 16.8%
Closest short hex
#27c ΔE = 2.053
RGB
rgb(0, 115, 207)
RGBA
rgba(0, 115, 207, 1.0)
rg chromaticity
r: 0.000, g: 0.357, b: 0.643
RYB
red: 0.000%, yellow: 0.290%, blue: 0.812%
Android / android.graphics.Color
-16747569 / 0xff0073cf
HSL
hsl(207, 100%, 41%)
HSLA
hsla(207, 100%%, 41%%, 1.0)
HSV / HSB
hue: 207° (206.667), saturation: 100% (1.000), value: 81% (0.812)
HSP
hue: 206.667, saturation: 100.000%, perceived brightness: 44.103%
HSLuv (HUSL)
H: 251.874, S: 100.019, L: 47.961
Cubehelix
H: -157.896, S: 1.280, L: 0.355
TSL
T: -2.105, S: 0.448, L: 0.357
CMYK
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 44% (0.444), yellow: 0% (0.000), key: 19% (0.188)
CMY
cyan: 100% (1.000), magenta: 55% (0.549), yellow: 19% (0.188)
XYZ
X: 17.389, Y: 16.764, Z: 61.339
xyY
x: 0.182, y: 0.176, Y: 16.764
CIELab
L: 47.961, a: 8.149, b: -54.901
CIELuv
L: 47.961, u: -27.590, v: -84.282
CIELCH / LCHab
L: 47.961, C: 55.502, H: 278.443
CIELUV / LCHuv
L: 47.961, C: 88.683, H: 251.874
Hunter-Lab
L: 40.944, a: 4.157, b: -60.162
CIECAM02
J: 35.986, C: 63.514, h: 248.368, Q: 118.189, M: 55.542, s: 68.552, H: 305.198
OSA-UCS
lightness: -10.444, jaune: -9.697, green: 3.661
LMS
L: 9.983, M: 16.596, S: 60.601
YCbCr
Y: 94.246, Cb: 185.408, Cr: 70.983
YCgCo
Y: 109.250, Cg: 5.750, Co: -51.750
YDbDr
Y: 91.103, Db: 174.386, Dr: 173.259
YPbPr
Y: 97.129, Pb: 59.225, Pr: -61.732
xvYCC
Y: 99.417, Cb: 180.025, Cr: 73.773
YIQ
Y: 91.103, I: -98.064, Q: 4.307
YUV
Y: 91.103, U: 57.033, V: -79.926
Munsell Color System
7.5PB 4/12 ΔE = 5.951
Brand Color
Intel ΔE = 2.133

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