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#2575BC

#2575bc ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2575bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 45.88% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.32% cyan, 37.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 208.21°, with 67.11% saturation and 44.12% 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 4.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 1.82.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1675

Complementary

  1. #2575bc
  2. #bc6c25

Split complementary

  1. #2575bc
  2. #bc252a
  3. #bcb825

Analogous

  1. #25bcb8
  2. #2575bc
  3. #252abc

Triadic

  1. #2575bc
  2. #bc2575
  3. #75bc25

Tetradic

  1. #2575bc
  2. #6c25bc
  3. #bc6c25
  4. #75bc25

Square

  1. #2575bc
  2. #b825bc
  3. #bc6c25
  4. #2abc25

Monochromatic

  1. #0c253c
  2. #184d7c
  3. #2575bc
  4. #519bdd
  5. #91c0e9

Shades

#2575bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2575bc
  2. #2169a9
  3. #1e5e96
  4. #1a5284
  5. #164671
  6. #133b5e
  7. #0f2f4b
  8. #0b2338
  9. #071726
  10. #040c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#2575bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2575bc
  2. #3b83c3
  3. #5191c9
  4. #669ed0
  5. #7cacd7
  6. #92bade
  7. #a8c8e4
  8. #bed6eb
  9. #d3e3f2
  10. #e9f1f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2575bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2575bc
  2. #2e76b6
  3. #3777b0
  4. #4078aa
  5. #4979a4
  6. #537b9e
  7. #5c7c98
  8. #657d92
  9. #6e7e8c
  10. #777f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #727272 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5c7395 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5379bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3c6cbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00868f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4578be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #346fbb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0080a3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2575bc {
  color: #2575bc;
}
Background
.bg-2575bc {
  background-color: #2575bc;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2575bc {
  border: 2px solid #2575bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2575bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 117 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 67% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2575bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2575bc, #252abc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2575bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 117 188 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 1.82 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 1.96 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.28 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 5.84 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.15 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 7.73 #da8a43 Inverted #727272 Grayscale 

French Blue
#2575bc  rgb(37, 117, 188)  hsl(208, 67%, 44%)  French Blue
#bc6c25  rgb(188, 108, 37)  hsl(28, 67%, 44%)  Copper
#bc2575  rgb(188, 37, 117)  hsl(328, 67%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#75bc25  rgb(117, 188, 37)  hsl(88, 67%, 44%)  Kelly Green