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#236EA9

#236ea9 ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#236ea9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 43.14% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.29% cyan, 34.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 206.42°, with 65.69% saturation and 40% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 2.3.

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Web safe#336699
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Relative luminance0.1437

Complementary

  1. #236ea9
  2. #a95e23

Split complementary

  1. #236ea9
  2. #a9232b
  3. #a9a123

Analogous

  1. #23a9a1
  2. #236ea9
  3. #232ba9

Triadic

  1. #236ea9
  2. #a9236e
  3. #6ea923

Tetradic

  1. #236ea9
  2. #5e23a9
  3. #a95e23
  4. #6ea923

Square

  1. #236ea9
  2. #a123a9
  3. #a95e23
  4. #2ba923

Monochromatic

  1. #091b2a
  2. #16456a
  3. #236ea9
  4. #4195d8
  5. #80b8e5

Shades

#236ea9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #236ea9
  2. #206398
  3. #1c5887
  4. #194d76
  5. #154265
  6. #123755
  7. #0e2c44
  8. #0b2133
  9. #071622
  10. #040b11
  11. #000000

Tints

#236ea9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #236ea9
  2. #397db2
  3. #4f8bba
  4. #659ac3
  5. #7ba8cb
  6. #91b7d4
  7. #a7c5dd
  8. #bdd4e5
  9. #d3e2ee
  10. #e9f1f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#236ea9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #236ea9
  2. #2c70a5
  3. #3672a1
  4. #3f739d
  5. #487599
  6. #527795
  7. #5b7990
  8. #647b8c
  9. #6d7c88
  10. #777e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #566c88 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5271ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f64a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007c83 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4470aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3668a8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007794 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-236ea9 {
  color: #236ea9;
}
Background
.bg-236ea9 {
  background-color: #236ea9;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-236ea9 {
  border: 2px solid #236ea9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #236ea9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 110 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 66% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-236ea9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #236ea9, #232ba9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-236ea9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 110 169 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.30 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 2.74 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 4.28 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.39 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 4.96 #006994 Sea Blue ΔE 5.45 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.23 #dc9156 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

French Blue
#236ea9  rgb(35, 110, 169)  hsl(206, 66%, 40%)  French Blue
#a95e23  rgb(169, 94, 35)  hsl(26, 66%, 40%)  Ginger
#a9236e  rgb(169, 35, 110)  hsl(326, 66%, 40%)  Jazzberry Jam
#6ea923  rgb(110, 169, 35)  hsl(86, 66%, 40%)  Kelly Green