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#0495EA

#0495ea ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0495ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 58.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.29% cyan, 36.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 202.17°, with 96.64% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.4.

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Relative luminance0.2746

Complementary

  1. #0495ea
  2. #ea5904

Split complementary

  1. #0495ea
  2. #ea0422
  3. #eacc04

Analogous

  1. #04eacc
  2. #0495ea
  3. #0422ea

Triadic

  1. #0495ea
  2. #ea0495
  3. #95ea04

Tetradic

  1. #0495ea
  2. #5904ea
  3. #ea5904
  4. #95ea04

Square

  1. #0495ea
  2. #cc04ea
  3. #ea5904
  4. #22ea04

Monochromatic

  1. #013554
  2. #03659f
  3. #0495ea
  4. #3fb6fc
  5. #8ad3fd

Shades

#0495ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0495ea
  2. #0486d3
  3. #0377bb
  4. #0368a4
  5. #02598c
  6. #024b75
  7. #023c5e
  8. #012d46
  9. #011e2f
  10. #000f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#0495ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0495ea
  2. #1da0ec
  3. #36aaee
  4. #4fb5f0
  5. #68bff2
  6. #82caf5
  7. #9bd5f7
  8. #b4dff9
  9. #cdeafb
  10. #e6f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0495ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0495ea
  2. #1093df
  3. #1d91d5
  4. #298fca
  5. #368dc0
  6. #428bb5
  7. #4e88aa
  8. #5b86a0
  9. #678495
  10. #74828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7191ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b99ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4c87e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5497ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b8de9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0495ea {
  color: #0495ea;
}
Background
.bg-0495ea {
  background-color: #0495ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0495ea {
  border: 2px solid #0495ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0495ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 149 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0495ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0495ea, #0422ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0495ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 149 234 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.60 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.48 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.13 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.30 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.57 #fb6a15 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#0495ea  rgb(4, 149, 234)  hsl(202, 97%, 47%)  Bleu de France
#ea5904  rgb(234, 89, 4)  hsl(22, 97%, 47%)  Persimmon
#ea0495  rgb(234, 4, 149)  hsl(322, 97%, 47%)  Deep Pink
#95ea04  rgb(149, 234, 4)  hsl(82, 97%, 47%)  Spring Bud