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#3F8DCA

#3f8dca ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3f8dca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 55.29% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.81% cyan, 30.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.33°, with 56.73% saturation and 51.96% 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 5.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2437

Complementary

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #ca7c3f

Split complementary

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #ca3f48
  3. #cac13f

Analogous

  1. #3fcac1
  2. #3f8dca
  3. #3f48ca

Triadic

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #ca3f8d
  3. #8dca3f

Tetradic

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #7c3fca
  3. #ca7c3f
  4. #8dca3f

Square

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #c13fca
  3. #ca7c3f
  4. #48ca3f

Monochromatic

  1. #183c58
  2. #296594
  3. #3f8dca
  4. #7bb1db
  5. #b7d4eb

Shades

#3f8dca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #397fb6
  3. #3271a2
  4. #2c638d
  5. #265579
  6. #204765
  7. #193851
  8. #132a3d
  9. #0d1c28
  10. #060e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#3f8dca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #5298cf
  3. #65a4d5
  4. #79afda
  5. #8cbbdf
  6. #9fc6e5
  7. #b2d1ea
  8. #c5ddef
  9. #d9e8f4
  10. #ecf4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3f8dca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3f8dca
  2. #468cc3
  3. #4c8abb
  4. #5389b4
  5. #5988ac
  6. #6087a5
  7. #66859e
  8. #6d8496
  9. #73838f
  10. #7a8187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #718aa6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #728fcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e81c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ca3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #618ecc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5486c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0096b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3f8dca {
  color: #3f8dca;
}
Background
.bg-3f8dca {
  background-color: #3f8dca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3f8dca {
  border: 2px solid #3f8dca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3f8dca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 141 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3f8dca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3f8dca, #3f48ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3f8dca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 141 202 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.44 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.18 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.21 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.22 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.38 #c07235 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#3f8dca  rgb(63, 141, 202)  hsl(206, 57%, 52%)  Bleu de France
#ca7c3f  rgb(202, 124, 63)  hsl(26, 57%, 52%)  Bronze
#ca3f8d  rgb(202, 63, 141)  hsl(326, 57%, 52%)  Mulberry
#8dca3f  rgb(141, 202, 63)  hsl(86, 57%, 52%)  Yellow Green