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#2A87DB

#2a87db ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2a87db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 52.94% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.82% cyan, 38.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 208.47°, with 71.08% saturation and 51.18% 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 5.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.19.

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Relative luminance0.2293

Complementary

  1. #2a87db
  2. #db7e2a

Split complementary

  1. #2a87db
  2. #db2a2f
  3. #dbd62a

Analogous

  1. #2adbd6
  2. #2a87db
  3. #2a2fdb

Triadic

  1. #2a87db
  2. #db2a87
  3. #87db2a

Tetradic

  1. #2a87db
  2. #7e2adb
  3. #db7e2a
  4. #87db2a

Square

  1. #2a87db
  2. #d62adb
  3. #db7e2a
  4. #2fdb2a

Monochromatic

  1. #10385c
  2. #1b609e
  3. #2a87db
  4. #6bace6
  5. #add1f1

Shades

#2a87db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2a87db
  2. #267ac5
  3. #226caf
  4. #1d5f99
  5. #195183
  6. #15446e
  7. #113658
  8. #0d2942
  9. #081b2c
  10. #040e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2a87db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2a87db
  2. #3f93df
  3. #559fe2
  4. #6aabe6
  5. #7fb7e9
  6. #95c3ed
  7. #aacff1
  8. #bfdbf4
  9. #d4e7f8
  10. #eaf3fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2a87db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2a87db
  2. #3386d2
  3. #3b86c9
  4. #4485c0
  5. #4c84b7
  6. #5584ae
  7. #5e83a4
  8. #66829b
  9. #6f8192
  10. #778189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b85ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5f8cde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #437cd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ba6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f8add ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a81da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0093be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2a87db {
  color: #2a87db;
}
Background
.bg-2a87db {
  background-color: #2a87db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2a87db {
  border: 2px solid #2a87db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2a87db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 135 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 71% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2a87db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2a87db, #2a2fdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2a87db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 135 219 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.19 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.49 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.06 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 7.34 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.42 #d57824 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#2a87db  rgb(42, 135, 219)  hsl(208, 71%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#db7e2a  rgb(219, 126, 42)  hsl(28, 71%, 51%)  Bronze
#db2a87  rgb(219, 42, 135)  hsl(328, 71%, 51%)  Telemagenta
#87db2a  rgb(135, 219, 42)  hsl(88, 71%, 51%)  Yellow Green