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#2574AE

#2574ae ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2574ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 45.49% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.74% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 205.4°, with 64.93% saturation and 41.37% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 1.75.

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Relative luminance0.1594

Complementary

  1. #2574ae
  2. #ae5f25

Split complementary

  1. #2574ae
  2. #ae252f
  3. #aea325

Analogous

  1. #25aea3
  2. #2574ae
  3. #252fae

Triadic

  1. #2574ae
  2. #ae2574
  3. #74ae25

Tetradic

  1. #2574ae
  2. #5f25ae
  3. #ae5f25
  4. #74ae25

Square

  1. #2574ae
  2. #a325ae
  3. #ae5f25
  4. #2fae25

Monochromatic

  1. #0a2030
  2. #184a6f
  3. #2574ae
  4. #489bd8
  5. #87bde5

Shades

#2574ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2574ae
  2. #21689d
  3. #1e5d8b
  4. #1a517a
  5. #164668
  6. #133a57
  7. #0f2e46
  8. #0b2334
  9. #071723
  10. #040c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#2574ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2574ae
  2. #3b82b6
  3. #5190be
  4. #669ec6
  5. #7cacce
  6. #92bad7
  7. #a8c7df
  8. #bed5e7
  9. #d3e3ef
  10. #e9f1f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2574ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2574ae
  2. #2e75a9
  3. #3776a5
  4. #4078a0
  5. #49799c
  6. #537a97
  7. #5c7b92
  8. #657c8e
  9. #6e7e89
  10. #777f85
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6f6f6f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5a718d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5976b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #466aad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008289 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4975af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b6ead ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007d99 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2574ae {
  color: #2574ae;
}
Background
.bg-2574ae {
  background-color: #2574ae;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2574ae {
  border: 2px solid #2574ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2574ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 116 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 65% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2574ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2574ae, #252fae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2574ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 116 174 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 1.75 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.89 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 4.79 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.35 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 5.56 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.75 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 5.98 #da8b51 Inverted #6f6f6f Grayscale 

French Blue
#2574ae  rgb(37, 116, 174)  hsl(205, 65%, 41%)  French Blue
#ae5f25  rgb(174, 95, 37)  hsl(25, 65%, 41%)  Ginger
#ae2574  rgb(174, 37, 116)  hsl(325, 65%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#74ae25  rgb(116, 174, 37)  hsl(85, 65%, 41%)  Apple Green