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#277ABC

#277abc ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#277abc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.29% red, 47.84% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.26% cyan, 35.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 206.58°, with 65.64% saturation and 44.51% 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 4.6:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 3.07.

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Relative luminance0.1798

Complementary

  1. #277abc
  2. #bc6927

Split complementary

  1. #277abc
  2. #bc272f
  3. #bcb427

Analogous

  1. #27bcb4
  2. #277abc
  3. #272fbc

Triadic

  1. #277abc
  2. #bc277a
  3. #7abc27

Tetradic

  1. #277abc
  2. #6927bc
  3. #bc6927
  4. #7abc27

Square

  1. #277abc
  2. #b427bc
  3. #bc6927
  4. #2fbc27

Monochromatic

  1. #0d283d
  2. #1a517d
  3. #277abc
  4. #549fdc
  5. #93c3e9

Shades

#277abc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #277abc
  2. #236ea9
  3. #1f6296
  4. #1b5584
  5. #174971
  6. #143d5e
  7. #10314b
  8. #0c2538
  9. #081826
  10. #040c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#277abc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #277abc
  2. #3d87c3
  3. #5295c9
  4. #68a2d0
  5. #7dafd7
  6. #93bdde
  7. #a9cae4
  8. #bed7eb
  9. #d4e4f2
  10. #e9f2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#277abc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #277abc
  2. #307bb6
  3. #397bb0
  4. #427caa
  5. #4b7ca4
  6. #547d9e
  7. #5c7e98
  8. #657e92
  9. #6e7f8c
  10. #777f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #607797 ≈ 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 #3b74bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0084a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-277abc {
  color: #277abc;
}
Background
.bg-277abc {
  background-color: #277abc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-277abc {
  border: 2px solid #277abc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #277abc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 39 122 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 66% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-277abc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #277abc, #272fbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-277abc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(39 122 188 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 3.07 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.27 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.41 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.72 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.77 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.29 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.47 #d88543 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

French Blue
#277abc  rgb(39, 122, 188)  hsl(207, 66%, 45%)  French Blue
#bc6927  rgb(188, 105, 39)  hsl(27, 66%, 45%)  Copper
#bc277a  rgb(188, 39, 122)  hsl(327, 66%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#7abc27  rgb(122, 188, 39)  hsl(87, 66%, 45%)  Apple Green