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#2E8EDD

#2e8edd ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2e8edd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 55.69% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.19% cyan, 35.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 207.09°, with 72.02% saturation and 52.35% 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 6.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2515

Complementary

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #dd7d2e

Split complementary

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #dd2e36
  3. #ddd52e

Analogous

  1. #2eddd5
  2. #2e8edd
  3. #2e36dd

Triadic

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #dd2e8e
  3. #8edd2e

Tetradic

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #7d2edd
  3. #dd7d2e
  4. #8edd2e

Square

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #d52edd
  3. #dd7d2e
  4. #36dd2e

Monochromatic

  1. #103d62
  2. #1b66a4
  3. #2e8edd
  4. #70b2e8
  5. #b2d5f2

Shades

#2e8edd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #2980c7
  3. #2572b1
  4. #20639b
  5. #1c5585
  6. #17476f
  7. #123958
  8. #0e2b42
  9. #091c2c
  10. #050e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#2e8edd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #4399e0
  3. #58a5e4
  4. #6db0e7
  5. #82bbeb
  6. #97c7ee
  7. #abd2f1
  8. #c0ddf5
  9. #d5e8f8
  10. #eaf4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2e8edd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2e8edd
  2. #368dd4
  3. #3e8bca
  4. #478ac1
  5. #4f88b8
  6. #5787af
  7. #5f86a5
  8. #67849c
  9. #708393
  10. #788189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708bb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6992e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4f82db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5790df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4487dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ac1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2e8edd {
  color: #2e8edd;
}
Background
.bg-2e8edd {
  background-color: #2e8edd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2e8edd {
  border: 2px solid #2e8edd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2e8edd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 142 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 72% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2e8edd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2e8edd, #2e36dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2e8edd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 142 221 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.62 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.62 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.78 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.68 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.36 #d17122 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#2e8edd  rgb(46, 142, 221)  hsl(207, 72%, 52%)  Bleu de France
#dd7d2e  rgb(221, 125, 46)  hsl(27, 72%, 52%)  Cadmium Orange
#dd2e8e  rgb(221, 46, 142)  hsl(327, 72%, 52%)  Mulberry
#8edd2e  rgb(142, 221, 46)  hsl(87, 72%, 52%)  Yellow Green