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#178ADA

#178ada ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#178ada is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 54.12% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.45% cyan, 36.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 204.62°, with 80.91% saturation and 47.25% 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 5.68:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 3.03.

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Relative luminance0.2342

Complementary

  1. #178ada
  2. #da6717

Split complementary

  1. #178ada
  2. #da1728
  3. #dac817

Analogous

  1. #17dac8
  2. #178ada
  3. #1728da

Triadic

  1. #178ada
  2. #da178a
  3. #8ada17

Tetradic

  1. #178ada
  2. #6717da
  3. #da6717
  4. #8ada17

Square

  1. #178ada
  2. #c817da
  3. #da6717
  4. #28da17

Monochromatic

  1. #083250
  2. #105e95
  3. #178ada
  4. #51aded
  5. #96cdf4

Shades

#178ada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178ada
  2. #157cc4
  3. #126eae
  4. #106199
  5. #0e5383
  6. #0c456d
  7. #093757
  8. #072941
  9. #051c2c
  10. #020e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#178ada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178ada
  2. #2e96de
  3. #45a1e1
  4. #5dade5
  5. #74b9e9
  6. #8bc5ed
  7. #a2d0f0
  8. #b9dcf4
  9. #d1e8f8
  10. #e8f3fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178ada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178ada
  2. #2289d1
  3. #2c88c8
  4. #3787bf
  5. #4186b6
  6. #4c85ad
  7. #5684a4
  8. #61839b
  9. #6b8292
  10. #768189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a87ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #638edd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #467dd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009da7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f8cdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3983d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0096be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178ada {
  color: #178ada;
}
Background
.bg-178ada {
  background-color: #178ada;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178ada {
  border: 2px solid #178ada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178ada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 138 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 81% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178ada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178ada, #1728da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178ada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 138 218 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.03 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.94 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.97 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.09 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.07 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.07 #e87525 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#178ada  rgb(23, 138, 218)  hsl(205, 81%, 47%)  Bleu de France
#da6717  rgb(218, 103, 23)  hsl(25, 81%, 47%)  Chocolate
#da178a  rgb(218, 23, 138)  hsl(325, 81%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#8ada17  rgb(138, 218, 23)  hsl(85, 81%, 47%)  Yellow Green