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#2A86DC

#2a86dc ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2a86dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 52.55% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.91% cyan, 39.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 208.99°, with 71.77% saturation and 51.37% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.34.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2271

Complementary

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #dc802a

Split complementary

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #dc2a2d
  3. #dcd92a

Analogous

  1. #2adcd9
  2. #2a86dc
  3. #2a2ddc

Triadic

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #dc2a86
  3. #86dc2a

Tetradic

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #802adc
  3. #dc802a
  4. #86dc2a

Square

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #d92adc
  3. #dc802a
  4. #2ddc2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0f385e
  2. #1a5f9f
  3. #2a86dc
  4. #6cabe7
  5. #add1f2

Shades

#2a86dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #2679c6
  3. #226bb0
  4. #1d5e9a
  5. #195084
  6. #15436e
  7. #113658
  8. #0d2842
  9. #081b2c
  10. #040d16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2a86dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #3f92e0
  3. #559ee3
  4. #6aaae7
  5. #7fb6ea
  6. #95c3ee
  7. #aacff1
  8. #bfdbf5
  9. #d4e7f8
  10. #eaf3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2a86dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2a86dc
  2. #3385d3
  3. #3b85ca
  4. #4484c0
  5. #4c84b7
  6. #5583ae
  7. #5e82a5
  8. #66829c
  9. #6f8192
  10. #778189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a84ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c8cdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #407cda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ba6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4d89de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3880db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0093be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2a86dc {
  color: #2a86dc;
}
Background
.bg-2a86dc {
  background-color: #2a86dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2a86dc {
  border: 2px solid #2a86dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2a86dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 134 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 72% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2a86dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2a86dc, #2a2ddc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2a86dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 134 220 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.34 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.34 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.39 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.06 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.01 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.24 #d57923 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#2a86dc  rgb(42, 134, 220)  hsl(209, 72%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#dc802a  rgb(220, 128, 42)  hsl(29, 72%, 51%)  Bronze
#dc2a86  rgb(220, 42, 134)  hsl(329, 72%, 51%)  Telemagenta
#86dc2a  rgb(134, 220, 42)  hsl(89, 72%, 51%)  Yellow Green