Blue
#548ADE
#548ADE is a blue with medium intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 5.4:1. On white it reaches only 3.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#548ADE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #548ADE kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 E0ECFF
- 200 C3DBFF
- 300 99C1FF
- 400 6EA3F7
- 500 548ADE
- 600 386BBC
- 700 22539D
- 800 0F3C7F
- 900 012760
- 950 00153C
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f2f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e0ecff; --color-blue-200: #c3dbff; --color-blue-300: #99c1ff; --color-blue-400: #6ea3f7; --color-blue-500: #548ade; --color-blue-600: #386bbc; --color-blue-700: #22539d; --color-blue-800: #0f3c7f; --color-blue-900: #012760; --color-blue-950: #00153c;}Is #548ADE readable?
Contrast for text on #548ADE and for #548ADE used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Large · 3.5APCA Lc 67 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 5.4APCA Lc 41 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #4276C9 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 3.5APCA Lc 62 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 5.4APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #548ADE
Six palettes built around #548ADE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#548ADE · #807DCA · #00AEDD · #EFCEFF · #232A36
- Complementary#548ADE · #D5A95E · #DCA919 · #C3D7FF · #202836
- Split complementary#548ADE · #C88361 · #92C751 · #C8DDFF · #2A2F37
- Triadic#548ADE · #CF7776 · #8DCF73 · #DDE8FF · #2C3036
- Tetradic#548ADE · #BD5A89 · #E0A700 · #98F7CE · #2C3139
- Monochromatic#548ADE · #5190E6 · #5EA1FF · #CEDFFF · #222731
#548ADE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #548ADE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #E0ECFF
- Brand 200, #C3DBFF
- Brand 300, #99C1FF
- Brand 400, #6EA3F7
- Brand 500, #548ADE
- Brand 600, #386BBC
- Brand 700, #22539D
- Brand 800, #0F3C7F
- Brand 900, #012760
- Brand 950, #00153C
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9DA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6F747B
- Neutral 600, #50545C
- Neutral 700, #3C4147
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #90F1BF
- Success 300, #6AD9A2
- Success 400, #3FBD85
- Success 500, #00A36B
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #FCAC4C
- Warning 400, #EC9617
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #DD3342
- Danger 600, #C81A32
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F8FF
- Info 100, #DDEDFF
- Info 200, #BEDCFF
- Info 300, #8FC4FF
- Info 400, #59A7FA
- Info 500, #3082D5
- Info 600, #196FBF
- Info 700, #00569D
- Info 800, #004078
- Info 900, #002C54
- Info 950, #001834
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 5.7:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 5.7:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #548ADE
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