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#2F76AE

#2f76ae ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#2f76ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 46.27% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.99% cyan, 32.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 206.46°, with 57.47% saturation and 43.33% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 2.33.

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Web safe#336699
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Relative luminance0.1662

Complementary

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #ae672f

Split complementary

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #ae2f36
  3. #aea62f

Analogous

  1. #2faea6
  2. #2f76ae
  3. #2f36ae

Triadic

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #ae2f76
  3. #76ae2f

Tetradic

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #672fae
  3. #ae672f
  4. #76ae2f

Square

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #a62fae
  3. #ae672f
  4. #36ae2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e2436
  2. #1f4d72
  3. #2f76ae
  4. #589cd2
  5. #94c0e2

Shades

#2f76ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #2a6a9d
  3. #265e8b
  4. #21537a
  5. #1c4768
  6. #183b57
  7. #132f46
  8. #0e2334
  9. #091823
  10. #050c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f76ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #4484b6
  3. #5991be
  4. #6d9fc6
  5. #82adce
  6. #97bbd7
  7. #acc8df
  8. #c1d6e7
  9. #d5e4ef
  10. #eaf1f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f76ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f76ae
  2. #3777a9
  3. #3f78a5
  4. #4779a0
  5. #4f7a9c
  6. #587b97
  7. #607c92
  8. #687d8e
  9. #707e89
  10. #787f85
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #717171 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e738e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d78b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b6cad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00848a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e77af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4170ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007e9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f76ae {
  color: #2f76ae;
}
Background
.bg-2f76ae {
  background-color: #2f76ae;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2f76ae {
  border: 2px solid #2f76ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f76ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 118 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 57% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f76ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f76ae, #2f36ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f76ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 118 174 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.33 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.72 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.45 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.81 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 5.62 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 5.65 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 5.99 #d08951 Inverted #717171 Grayscale 

French Blue
#2f76ae  rgb(47, 118, 174)  hsl(206, 57%, 43%)  French Blue
#ae672f  rgb(174, 103, 47)  hsl(26, 57%, 43%)  Copper
#ae2f76  rgb(174, 47, 118)  hsl(326, 57%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#76ae2f  rgb(118, 174, 47)  hsl(86, 57%, 43%)  Apple Green