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#2879BC

#2879bc ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2879bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 47.45% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.72% cyan, 35.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 207.16°, with 64.91% saturation and 44.71% 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 4.61:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 2.78.

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Relative luminance0.1776

Complementary

  1. #2879bc
  2. #bc6b28

Split complementary

  1. #2879bc
  2. #bc282f
  3. #bcb528

Analogous

  1. #28bcb5
  2. #2879bc
  3. #282fbc

Triadic

  1. #2879bc
  2. #bc2879
  3. #79bc28

Tetradic

  1. #2879bc
  2. #6b28bc
  3. #bc6b28
  4. #79bc28

Square

  1. #2879bc
  2. #b528bc
  3. #bc6b28
  4. #2fbc28

Monochromatic

  1. #0d283e
  2. #1b507d
  3. #2879bc
  4. #569fdb
  5. #95c2e8

Shades

#2879bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2879bc
  2. #246da9
  3. #206196
  4. #1c5584
  5. #184971
  6. #143d5e
  7. #10304b
  8. #0c2438
  9. #081826
  10. #040c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#2879bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2879bc
  2. #3e86c3
  3. #5394c9
  4. #69a1d0
  5. #7eafd7
  6. #94bcde
  7. #a9c9e4
  8. #bfd7eb
  9. #d4e4f2
  10. #eaf2f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2879bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2879bc
  2. #317ab6
  3. #3a7ab0
  4. #427baa
  5. #4b7ca4
  6. #547d9e
  7. #5d7d98
  8. #667e92
  9. #6e7f8c
  10. #777f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #757575 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f7797 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a7cbf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #446fbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008991 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a7bbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b73bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0083a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2879bc {
  color: #2879bc;
}
Background
.bg-2879bc {
  background-color: #2879bc;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2879bc {
  border: 2px solid #2879bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2879bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 121 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 65% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2879bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2879bc, #282fbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2879bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 121 188 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.78 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.00 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 3.17 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.97 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 7.01 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.06 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 7.15 #d78643 Inverted #757575 Grayscale 

French Blue
#2879bc  rgb(40, 121, 188)  hsl(207, 65%, 45%)  French Blue
#bc6b28  rgb(188, 107, 40)  hsl(27, 65%, 45%)  Copper
#bc2879  rgb(188, 40, 121)  hsl(327, 65%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#79bc28  rgb(121, 188, 40)  hsl(87, 65%, 45%)  Kelly Green