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#3973AC

#3973ac ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3973ac is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 22.35% red, 45.1% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.86% cyan, 33.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 209.74°, with 50.22% saturation and 44.9% 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 4.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 2.93.

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Relative luminance0.1611

Complementary

  1. #3973ac
  2. #ac7239

Split complementary

  1. #3973ac
  2. #ac3939
  3. #acab39

Analogous

  1. #39acab
  2. #3973ac
  3. #3939ac

Triadic

  1. #3973ac
  2. #ac3973
  3. #73ac39

Tetradic

  1. #3973ac
  2. #7239ac
  3. #ac7239
  4. #73ac39

Square

  1. #3973ac
  2. #ab39ac
  3. #ac7239
  4. #39ac39

Monochromatic

  1. #132639
  2. #264d73
  3. #3973ac
  4. #6599cc
  5. #9fbfdf

Shades

#3973ac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3973ac
  2. #33689b
  3. #2e5c8a
  4. #285178
  5. #224567
  6. #1d3a56
  7. #172e45
  8. #112334
  9. #0b1722
  10. #060c11
  11. #000000

Tints

#3973ac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3973ac
  2. #4d81b4
  3. #618fbd
  4. #749dc5
  5. #88abcd
  6. #9cb9d6
  7. #b0c7de
  8. #c4d5e6
  9. #d7e3ee
  10. #ebf1f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3973ac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3973ac
  2. #4074a8
  3. #4776a3
  4. #4e779f
  5. #55789a
  6. #5d7a96
  7. #647b92
  8. #6b7c8d
  9. #727d89
  10. #797f84
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #707070 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #5e718c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a76ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4a6bab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #008087 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f75ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #446eab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007b97 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3973ac {
  color: #3973ac;
}
Background
.bg-3973ac {
  background-color: #3973ac;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-3973ac {
  border: 2px solid #3973ac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3973ac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 57 115 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 50% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3973ac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3973ac, #3939ac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3973ac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(57 115 172 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.93 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 3.42 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 4.17 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.44 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 5.34 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.72 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 6.55 #c68c53 Inverted #707070 Grayscale 

French Blue
#3973ac  rgb(57, 115, 172)  hsl(210, 50%, 45%)  French Blue
#ac7239  rgb(172, 114, 57)  hsl(30, 50%, 45%)  Copper
#ac3973  rgb(172, 57, 115)  hsl(330, 50%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#73ac39  rgb(115, 172, 57)  hsl(90, 50%, 45%)  Kelly Green