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#178AEB

#178aeb ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#178aeb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.21% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 207.45°, with 84.13% saturation and 50.59% 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 5.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.09.

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Relative luminance0.2436

Complementary

  1. #178aeb
  2. #eb7817

Split complementary

  1. #178aeb
  2. #eb1720
  3. #ebe217

Analogous

  1. #17ebe2
  2. #178aeb
  3. #1720eb

Triadic

  1. #178aeb
  2. #eb178a
  3. #8aeb17

Tetradic

  1. #178aeb
  2. #7817eb
  3. #eb7817
  4. #8aeb17

Square

  1. #178aeb
  2. #e217eb
  3. #eb7817
  4. #20eb17

Monochromatic

  1. #083861
  2. #0e61a7
  3. #178aeb
  4. #5daef1
  5. #a4d1f7

Shades

#178aeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178aeb
  2. #157cd4
  3. #126ebc
  4. #1061a5
  5. #0e538d
  6. #0c4576
  7. #09375e
  8. #072947
  9. #051c2f
  10. #020e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#178aeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178aeb
  2. #2e96ed
  3. #45a1ef
  4. #5dadf1
  5. #74b9f3
  6. #8bc5f5
  7. #a2d0f7
  8. #b9dcf9
  9. #d1e8fb
  10. #e8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178aeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178aeb
  2. #2289e0
  3. #2c88d6
  4. #3787cb
  5. #4186c0
  6. #4c85b6
  7. #5684ab
  8. #6183a0
  9. #6b8295
  10. #76818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c88b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5891ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #327fe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #478eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2a84ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178aeb {
  color: #178aeb;
}
Background
.bg-178aeb {
  background-color: #178aeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178aeb {
  border: 2px solid #178aeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178aeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 138 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178aeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178aeb, #1720eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178aeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 138 235 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.45 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.97 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.16 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.19 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.29 #e87514 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#178aeb  rgb(23, 138, 235)  hsl(207, 84%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#eb7817  rgb(235, 120, 23)  hsl(27, 84%, 51%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb178a  rgb(235, 23, 138)  hsl(327, 84%, 51%)  Deep Pink
#8aeb17  rgb(138, 235, 23)  hsl(87, 84%, 51%)  Lawn Green