Blue shades

  • #2f45e0
  • #2a3eca
  • #2637b3
  • #21309d
  • #1c2986
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Blue shades has 5 colors, mostly blue. The lightest color is Slate Blue (#2F45E0), the darkest Midnight Blue (#1C2986). No color pair reaches the WCAG 3:1 minimum; the best is 1.7:1.

Created at 09/05/2018 07:30
The palette consists of Semi dark, Dark colors. Accent colors #2f45e0 and #2a3eca. Palette has Cool colors temperature.

A sequential monochrome scheme: tints and shades of a single hue step between light and dark.

By lightness, this palette runs from #1C2986 (darkest) to #2F45E0 (lightest). The lightness range is relatively narrow.

Overall saturation feels vivid (higher chroma) — 100% of colors are vivid.

An analogous palette: its hues sit close together on the color wheel, within about 0°.

Overall temperature among swatches leans cool (5 of 5).

HEX codes (sorted): #1C2986, #21309D, #2637B3, #2A3ECA, #2F45E0

Palette Blue shades combines 5 color codes:
HEX: #2f45e0, RGB: (47, 69, 224); HEX: #2a3eca, RGB: (42, 62, 202); HEX: #2637b3, RGB: (38, 55, 179)
HEX: #21309d, RGB: (33, 48, 157); HEX: #1c2986, RGB: (28, 41, 134)
Simplified version of palette colors
Shade of Slate Blue, Tint of Blue, Shade of Dark Slate Blue, Shade of Dark Slate Blue, Tint of Midnight Blue
Color scheme was created by colorswall

Color codes in palette

Blue shades color codes HEX, RGB information in table

ColorHEXRGBNameAlternative name
#2f45e0#2f45e0RGB(47, 69, 224)——
#2a3eca#2a3ecaRGB(42, 62, 202)——
#2637b3#2637b3RGB(38, 55, 179)——
#21309d#21309dRGB(33, 48, 157)——
#1c2986#1c2986RGB(28, 41, 134)——

Color Palette Contrast

10 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.
Text ColorBackground ColorContrast Ratio
#2f45e0
#2a3eca
1.15
#2f45e0
#2637b3
1.33
#2f45e0
#21309d
1.54
#2f45e0
#1c2986
1.78
#2a3eca
#2637b3
1.15
#2a3eca
#21309d
1.33

Image palette Blue shades png