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#198BEC

#198bec ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#198bec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 54.51% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.41% cyan, 41.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 207.58°, with 84.74% 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 5.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 0.94.

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Relative luminance0.2473

Complementary

  1. #198bec
  2. #ec7a19

Split complementary

  1. #198bec
  2. #ec1922
  3. #ece319

Analogous

  1. #19ece3
  2. #198bec
  3. #1922ec

Triadic

  1. #198bec
  2. #ec198b
  3. #8bec19

Tetradic

  1. #198bec
  2. #7a19ec
  3. #ec7a19
  4. #8bec19

Square

  1. #198bec
  2. #e319ec
  3. #ec7a19
  4. #22ec19

Monochromatic

  1. #083a64
  2. #0e63aa
  3. #198bec
  4. #60aff2
  5. #a6d2f8

Shades

#198bec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #198bec
  2. #177dd4
  3. #146fbd
  4. #1261a5
  5. #0f538e
  6. #0d4676
  7. #0a385e
  8. #082a47
  9. #051c2f
  10. #030e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#198bec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #198bec
  2. #3097ee
  3. #47a2f0
  4. #5eaef2
  5. #75b9f4
  6. #8cc5f6
  7. #a3d1f7
  8. #badcf9
  9. #d1e8fb
  10. #e8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#198bec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #198bec
  2. #238ae1
  3. #2e89d6
  4. #3888cc
  5. #4287c1
  6. #4d86b6
  7. #5784ab
  8. #6183a0
  9. #6b8296
  10. #76818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d89b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a92f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3480ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #488fee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2b85eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009acb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-198bec {
  color: #198bec;
}
Background
.bg-198bec {
  background-color: #198bec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-198bec {
  border: 2px solid #198bec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #198bec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 139 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-198bec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #198bec, #1922ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-198bec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 139 236 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 0.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.64 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.29 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.19 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.46 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.02 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.04 #e67413 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#198bec  rgb(25, 139, 236)  hsl(208, 85%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#ec7a19  rgb(236, 122, 25)  hsl(28, 85%, 51%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec198b  rgb(236, 25, 139)  hsl(328, 85%, 51%)  Deep Pink
#8bec19  rgb(139, 236, 25)  hsl(88, 85%, 51%)  Lawn Green