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#2F76BE

#2f76be ≈ True Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2f76be is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 46.27% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.26% cyan, 37.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 210.21°, with 60.34% saturation and 46.47% 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 4.71:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is True Blue (#0073cf), ΔE 1.89.

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Web safe#3366cc
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Relative luminance0.1728

Complementary

  1. #2f76be
  2. #be772f

Split complementary

  1. #2f76be
  2. #be2f2f
  3. #bdbe2f

Analogous

  1. #2fbdbe
  2. #2f76be
  3. #2f2fbe

Triadic

  1. #2f76be
  2. #be2f76
  3. #76be2f

Tetradic

  1. #2f76be
  2. #772fbe
  3. #be772f
  4. #76be2f

Square

  1. #2f76be
  2. #be2fbd
  3. #be772f
  4. #2fbe2f

Monochromatic

  1. #112a43
  2. #205081
  3. #2f76be
  4. #619cd8
  5. #9fc3e7

Shades

#2f76be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2f76be
  2. #2a6aab
  3. #265e98
  4. #215385
  5. #1c4772
  6. #183b5f
  7. #132f4c
  8. #0e2339
  9. #091826
  10. #050c13
  11. #000000

Tints

#2f76be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2f76be
  2. #4484c5
  3. #5991cb
  4. #6d9fd2
  5. #82add8
  6. #97bbdf
  7. #acc8e5
  8. #c1d6ec
  9. #d5e4f2
  10. #eaf1f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2f76be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2f76be
  2. #3777b8
  3. #3f78b2
  4. #4779ab
  5. #4f7aa5
  6. #587b9f
  7. #607c99
  8. #687d93
  9. #707e8c
  10. #787f86
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #737373 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5f7497 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #547bc1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3f6dbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008791 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4879c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3971bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0081a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2f76be {
  color: #2f76be;
}
Background
.bg-2f76be {
  background-color: #2f76be;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-2f76be {
  border: 2px solid #2f76be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2f76be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 118 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 60% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2f76be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2f76be, #2f2fbe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2f76be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 118 190 / 0.35);
}

#0073cf True Blue ΔE 1.89 #0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.89 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 2.92 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.89 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 6.26 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 6.65 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.28 #d08941 Inverted #737373 Grayscale 

True Blue
#2f76be  rgb(47, 118, 190)  hsl(210, 60%, 46%)  True Blue
#be772f  rgb(190, 119, 47)  hsl(30, 60%, 46%)  Copper
#be2f76  rgb(190, 47, 118)  hsl(330, 60%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#76be2f  rgb(118, 190, 47)  hsl(90, 60%, 46%)  Kelly Green