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#247ABC

#247abc ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#247abc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 47.84% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.85% cyan, 35.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 206.05°, with 67.86% saturation and 43.92% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1792

Complementary

  1. #247abc
  2. #bc6624

Split complementary

  1. #247abc
  2. #bc242e
  3. #bcb224

Analogous

  1. #24bcb2
  2. #247abc
  3. #242ebc

Triadic

  1. #247abc
  2. #bc247a
  3. #7abc24

Tetradic

  1. #247abc
  2. #6624bc
  3. #bc6624
  4. #7abc24

Square

  1. #247abc
  2. #b224bc
  3. #bc6624
  4. #2ebc24

Monochromatic

  1. #0b273c
  2. #18507c
  3. #247abc
  4. #4fa0dd
  5. #8fc2ea

Shades

#247abc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #247abc
  2. #206ea9
  3. #1d6296
  4. #195584
  5. #164971
  6. #123d5e
  7. #0e314b
  8. #0b2538
  9. #071826
  10. #040c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#247abc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #247abc
  2. #3a87c3
  3. #5095c9
  4. #66a2d0
  5. #7cafd7
  6. #92bdde
  7. #a7cae4
  8. #bdd7eb
  9. #d3e4f2
  10. #e9f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#247abc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #247abc
  2. #2d7bb6
  3. #367bb0
  4. #407caa
  5. #497ca4
  6. #527d9e
  7. #5b7e98
  8. #647e92
  9. #6e7f8c
  10. #777f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f7797 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b7dbf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #456fbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008a92 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4b7cbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a74bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-247abc {
  color: #247abc;
}
Background
.bg-247abc {
  background-color: #247abc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-247abc {
  border: 2px solid #247abc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #247abc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 122 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 68% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-247abc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #247abc, #242ebc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-247abc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 122 188 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.03 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.51 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.54 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.82 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.59 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.24 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.55 #db8543 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

French Blue
#247abc  rgb(36, 122, 188)  hsl(206, 68%, 44%)  French Blue
#bc6624  rgb(188, 102, 36)  hsl(26, 68%, 44%)  Chocolate
#bc247a  rgb(188, 36, 122)  hsl(326, 68%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#7abc24  rgb(122, 188, 36)  hsl(86, 68%, 44%)  Apple Green