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#178EEE

#178eee ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#178eee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 55.69% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.34% cyan, 40.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 206.79°, with 86.35% saturation and 51.18% 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 6.14:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.43.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.257

Complementary

  1. #178eee
  2. #ee7717

Split complementary

  1. #178eee
  2. #ee1723
  3. #eee317

Analogous

  1. #17eee3
  2. #178eee
  3. #1723ee

Triadic

  1. #178eee
  2. #ee178e
  3. #8eee17

Tetradic

  1. #178eee
  2. #7717ee
  3. #ee7717
  4. #8eee17

Square

  1. #178eee
  2. #e317ee
  3. #ee7717
  4. #23ee17

Monochromatic

  1. #073b65
  2. #0d65ac
  3. #178eee
  4. #5eb1f3
  5. #a6d3f8

Shades

#178eee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178eee
  2. #1580d6
  3. #1272be
  4. #1063a7
  5. #0e558f
  6. #0c4777
  7. #09395f
  8. #072b47
  9. #051c30
  10. #020e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#178eee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178eee
  2. #2e99f0
  3. #45a5f1
  4. #5db0f3
  5. #74bbf5
  6. #8bc7f7
  7. #a2d2f8
  8. #b9ddfa
  9. #d1e8fc
  10. #e8f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178eee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178eee
  2. #228de3
  3. #2c8bd8
  4. #378acd
  5. #4188c2
  6. #4c87b7
  7. #5686ac
  8. #6184a1
  9. #6b8396
  10. #76818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8cbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e95f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3982ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b92f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2f87ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ccd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178eee {
  color: #178eee;
}
Background
.bg-178eee {
  background-color: #178eee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178eee {
  border: 2px solid #178eee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178eee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 142 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 86% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178eee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178eee, #1723ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178eee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 142 238 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.30 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.84 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.96 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.28 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.39 #e87111 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#178eee  rgb(23, 142, 238)  hsl(207, 86%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#ee7717  rgb(238, 119, 23)  hsl(27, 86%, 51%)  Pumpkin
#ee178e  rgb(238, 23, 142)  hsl(327, 86%, 51%)  Deep Pink
#8eee17  rgb(142, 238, 23)  hsl(87, 86%, 51%)  Lawn Green