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#2591EA

#2591ea ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2591ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 56.86% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.19% cyan, 38.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.11°, with 82.43% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.32:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.16.

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Relative luminance0.2658

Complementary

  1. #2591ea
  2. #ea7e25

Split complementary

  1. #2591ea
  2. #ea252e
  3. #eae125

Analogous

  1. #25eae1
  2. #2591ea
  3. #252eea

Triadic

  1. #2591ea
  2. #ea2591
  3. #91ea25

Tetradic

  1. #2591ea
  2. #7e25ea
  3. #ea7e25
  4. #91ea25

Square

  1. #2591ea
  2. #e125ea
  3. #ea7e25
  4. #2eea25

Monochromatic

  1. #0a406c
  2. #1169b1
  3. #2591ea
  4. #6bb4f1
  5. #b1d7f7

Shades

#2591ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2591ea
  2. #2183d3
  3. #1e74bb
  4. #1a66a4
  5. #16578c
  6. #134975
  7. #0f3a5e
  8. #0b2c46
  9. #071d2f
  10. #040f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#2591ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2591ea
  2. #3b9cec
  3. #51a7ee
  4. #66b2f0
  5. #7cbdf2
  6. #92c8f5
  7. #a8d3f7
  8. #bedef9
  9. #d3e9fb
  10. #e9f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2591ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2591ea
  2. #2e8fdf
  3. #378ed5
  4. #408cca
  5. #498ac0
  6. #5389b5
  7. #5c87aa
  8. #6585a0
  9. #6e8395
  10. #77828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728fba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6696ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4785e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a6b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5394ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c8ae9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ecb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2591ea {
  color: #2591ea;
}
Background
.bg-2591ea {
  background-color: #2591ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2591ea {
  border: 2px solid #2591ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2591ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 145 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 82% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2591ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2591ea, #252eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2591ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 145 234 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.62 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.31 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.33 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.89 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.20 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.06 #da6e15 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#2591ea  rgb(37, 145, 234)  hsl(207, 82%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#ea7e25  rgb(234, 126, 37)  hsl(27, 82%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea2591  rgb(234, 37, 145)  hsl(327, 82%, 53%)  Deep Pink
#91ea25  rgb(145, 234, 37)  hsl(87, 82%, 53%)  Lawn Green