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Sapphire blue

#0F52BA

Sapphire blue (#0F52BA) is a medium, vivid blue colour, cool. In RGB it is 15 red, 82 green and 186 blue; in HSL its hue is 216°, its saturation 85% and its lightness 39%. For print, its CMYK mix is 92% cyan, 56% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.

Blue is the most-used colour in brand logos. It reads as trustworthy, calm and capable, which is why banks, tech firms and airlines choose it.

Text on sapphire blue

White text on sapphire blue has a contrast ratio of 7.15:1 and passes AAA; black text has 2.94:1 and fails. White text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.

White text · 7.15:1

Black text · 2.94:1

Tints and shades of sapphire blue

Colour palettes with sapphire blue

Brands with a sapphire blue logo

Brand colours close to #0F52BA, from our Brand Colour Index.

Colours similar to sapphire blue

Use sapphire blue in CSS

.button {
  background-color: #0F52BA;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of blue.