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#178CEB

#178ceb ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#178ceb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 54.9% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.21% cyan, 40.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 206.89°, 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 5.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.18.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2494

Complementary

  1. #178ceb
  2. #eb7617

Split complementary

  1. #178ceb
  2. #eb1722
  3. #ebe017

Analogous

  1. #17ebe0
  2. #178ceb
  3. #1722eb

Triadic

  1. #178ceb
  2. #eb178c
  3. #8ceb17

Tetradic

  1. #178ceb
  2. #7617eb
  3. #eb7617
  4. #8ceb17

Square

  1. #178ceb
  2. #e017eb
  3. #eb7617
  4. #22eb17

Monochromatic

  1. #083961
  2. #0e63a7
  3. #178ceb
  4. #5daff1
  5. #a4d2f7

Shades

#178ceb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178ceb
  2. #157ed4
  3. #1270bc
  4. #1062a5
  5. #0e548d
  6. #0c4676
  7. #09385e
  8. #072a47
  9. #051c2f
  10. #020e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#178ceb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178ceb
  2. #2e98ed
  3. #45a3ef
  4. #5daff1
  5. #74baf3
  6. #8bc6f5
  7. #a2d1f7
  8. #b9ddf9
  9. #d1e8fb
  10. #e8f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178ceb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178ceb
  2. #228be0
  3. #2c8ad6
  4. #3788cb
  5. #4187c0
  6. #4c86b6
  7. #5685ab
  8. #6184a0
  9. #6b8295
  10. #76818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c93ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3881e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a90ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2e85ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009aca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178ceb {
  color: #178ceb;
}
Background
.bg-178ceb {
  background-color: #178ceb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178ceb {
  border: 2px solid #178ceb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178ceb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 140 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178ceb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178ceb, #1722eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178ceb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 140 235 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.71 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.46 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.29 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.73 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.18 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.73 #e87314 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#178ceb  rgb(23, 140, 235)  hsl(207, 84%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#eb7617  rgb(235, 118, 23)  hsl(27, 84%, 51%)  Pumpkin
#eb178c  rgb(235, 23, 140)  hsl(327, 84%, 51%)  Deep Pink
#8ceb17  rgb(140, 235, 23)  hsl(87, 84%, 51%)  Lawn Green