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#0874AA

#0874aa ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#0874aa is a color from the azure family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 45.49% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.29% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 91.01% saturation and 34.9% 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 corporate identities. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#006699
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Relative luminance0.1544

Complementary

  1. #0874aa
  2. #aa3e08

Split complementary

  1. #0874aa
  2. #aa0823
  3. #aa8f08

Analogous

  1. #08aa8f
  2. #0874aa
  3. #0823aa

Triadic

  1. #0874aa
  2. #aa0874
  3. #74aa08

Tetradic

  1. #0874aa
  2. #3e08aa
  3. #aa3e08
  4. #74aa08

Square

  1. #0874aa
  2. #8f08aa
  3. #aa3e08
  4. #23aa08

Monochromatic

  1. #011018
  2. #054261
  3. #0874aa
  4. #0ba6f3
  5. #54c1f7

Shades

#0874aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0874aa
  2. #076899
  3. #065d88
  4. #065177
  5. #054666
  6. #043a55
  7. #032e44
  8. #022333
  9. #021722
  10. #010c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#0874aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0874aa
  2. #2182b3
  3. #3990bb
  4. #529ec4
  5. #6baccc
  6. #84bad5
  7. #9cc7dd
  8. #b5d5e6
  9. #cee3ee
  10. #e6f1f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0874aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0874aa
  2. #1475a6
  3. #2076a2
  4. #2c789d
  5. #387999
  6. #447a95
  7. #507b91
  8. #5c7c8d
  9. #687e88
  10. #747f84
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #56708a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a75ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4568a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008287 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4675ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #366da9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007c96 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0874aa {
  color: #0874aa;
}
Background
.bg-0874aa {
  background-color: #0874aa;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-0874aa {
  border: 2px solid #0874aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0874aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 116 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 91% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0874aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0874aa, #0823aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0874aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 116 170 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.60 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 4.16 #006994 Sea Blue ΔE 4.80 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 5.15 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.12 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.81 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.83 #f78b55 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

French Blue
#0874aa  rgb(8, 116, 170)  hsl(200, 91%, 35%)  French Blue
#aa3e08  rgb(170, 62, 8)  hsl(20, 91%, 35%)  Rust
#aa0874  rgb(170, 8, 116)  hsl(320, 91%, 35%)  Jazzberry Jam
#74aa08  rgb(116, 170, 8)  hsl(80, 91%, 35%)  Apple Green