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#1978BB

#1978bb ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1978bb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 47.06% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.63% cyan, 35.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 204.81°, with 76.42% saturation and 41.57% 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 brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 2.26.

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Web safe#0066cc
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Relative luminance0.1723

Complementary

  1. #1978bb
  2. #bb5c19

Split complementary

  1. #1978bb
  2. #bb1927
  3. #bbad19

Analogous

  1. #19bbad
  2. #1978bb
  3. #1927bb

Triadic

  1. #1978bb
  2. #bb1978
  3. #78bb19

Tetradic

  1. #1978bb
  2. #5c19bb
  3. #bb5c19
  4. #78bb19

Square

  1. #1978bb
  2. #ad19bb
  3. #bb5c19
  4. #27bb19

Monochromatic

  1. #072134
  2. #104d78
  3. #1978bb
  4. #3c9fe5
  5. #7fc0ee

Shades

#1978bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1978bb
  2. #176ca8
  3. #146096
  4. #125483
  5. #0f4870
  6. #0d3c5e
  7. #0a304b
  8. #082438
  9. #051825
  10. #030c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#1978bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1978bb
  2. #3086c2
  3. #4793c9
  4. #5ea1cf
  5. #75aed6
  6. #8cbcdd
  7. #a3c9e4
  8. #bad7eb
  9. #d1e4f1
  10. #e8f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1978bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1978bb
  2. #2379b5
  3. #2e7aaf
  4. #387aa9
  5. #427ba3
  6. #4d7c9e
  7. #577d98
  8. #617e92
  9. #6b7e8c
  10. #767f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5c7595 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #587bbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #406dba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008890 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #477abd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3571ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0082a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1978bb {
  color: #1978bb;
}
Background
.bg-1978bb {
  background-color: #1978bb;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-1978bb {
  border: 2px solid #1978bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1978bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 120 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 76% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1978bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1978bb, #1927bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1978bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 120 187 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.26 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.46 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.29 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.66 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.41 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 6.42 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.23 #e68744 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

French Blue
#1978bb  rgb(25, 120, 187)  hsl(205, 76%, 42%)  French Blue
#bb5c19  rgb(187, 92, 25)  hsl(25, 76%, 42%)  Burnt Orange
#bb1978  rgb(187, 25, 120)  hsl(325, 76%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#78bb19  rgb(120, 187, 25)  hsl(85, 76%, 42%)  Apple Green