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#1996EA

#1996ea ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1996ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 58.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.32% cyan, 35.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.11°, with 83.27% saturation and 50.78% 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 6.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.34.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2796

Complementary

  1. #1996ea
  2. #ea6d19

Split complementary

  1. #1996ea
  2. #ea192d
  3. #ead519

Analogous

  1. #19ead5
  2. #1996ea
  3. #192dea

Triadic

  1. #1996ea
  2. #ea1996
  3. #96ea19

Tetradic

  1. #1996ea
  2. #6d19ea
  3. #ea6d19
  4. #96ea19

Square

  1. #1996ea
  2. #d519ea
  3. #ea6d19
  4. #2dea19

Monochromatic

  1. #093e61
  2. #0f6aa7
  3. #1996ea
  4. #5fb6f0
  5. #a5d6f7

Shades

#1996ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1996ea
  2. #1787d3
  3. #1478bb
  4. #1269a4
  5. #0f5a8c
  6. #0d4b75
  7. #0a3c5e
  8. #082d46
  9. #051e2f
  10. #030f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#1996ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1996ea
  2. #30a1ec
  3. #47abee
  4. #5eb6f0
  5. #75c0f2
  6. #8ccbf5
  7. #a3d5f7
  8. #bae0f9
  9. #d1eafb
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1996ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1996ea
  2. #2394df
  3. #2e92d5
  4. #388fca
  5. #428dc0
  6. #4d8bb5
  7. #5789aa
  8. #6187a0
  9. #6b8495
  10. #76828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7393bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d9aed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f88e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5798ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #408ee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1996ea {
  color: #1996ea;
}
Background
.bg-1996ea {
  background-color: #1996ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1996ea {
  border: 2px solid #1996ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1996ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 150 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1996ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1996ea, #192dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1996ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 150 234 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.34 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.37 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.16 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.17 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.40 #e66915 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#1996ea  rgb(25, 150, 234)  hsl(204, 83%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#ea6d19  rgb(234, 109, 25)  hsl(24, 83%, 51%)  Pumpkin
#ea1996  rgb(234, 25, 150)  hsl(324, 83%, 51%)  Deep Pink
#96ea19  rgb(150, 234, 25)  hsl(84, 83%, 51%)  Spring Bud