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#1981EF

#1981ef ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1981ef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.8% red, 50.59% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.54% cyan, 46.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 210.84°, with 86.99% saturation and 51.76% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 3.82.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.2214

Complementary

  1. #1981ef
  2. #ef8719

Split complementary

  1. #1981ef
  2. #ef1c19
  3. #ecef19

Analogous

  1. #19ecef
  2. #1981ef
  3. #1c19ef

Triadic

  1. #1981ef
  2. #ef1981
  3. #81ef19

Tetradic

  1. #1981ef
  2. #8719ef
  3. #ef8719
  4. #81ef19

Square

  1. #1981ef
  2. #ef19ec
  3. #ef8719
  4. #19ef1c

Monochromatic

  1. #073668
  2. #0c5baf
  3. #1981ef
  4. #61a8f4
  5. #a8cff9

Shades

#1981ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1981ef
  2. #1774d7
  3. #1467bf
  4. #125aa7
  5. #0f4d8f
  6. #0d4178
  7. #0a3460
  8. #082748
  9. #051a30
  10. #030d18
  11. #000000

Tints

#1981ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1981ef
  2. #308ef1
  3. #479af2
  4. #5ea7f4
  5. #75b3f5
  6. #8cc0f7
  7. #a3cdf9
  8. #bad9fa
  9. #d1e6fc
  10. #e8f2fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1981ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1981ef
  2. #2381e4
  3. #2e81d9
  4. #3881ce
  5. #4281c3
  6. #4d81b8
  7. #5780ac
  8. #6180a1
  9. #6b8096
  10. #76808b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6781b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #438bf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0079ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009cac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #3687f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #047cee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0092ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1981ef {
  color: #1981ef;
}
Background
.bg-1981ef {
  background-color: #1981ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1981ef {
  border: 2px solid #1981ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1981ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 25 129 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 87% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1981ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1981ef, #1c19ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1981ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(25 129 239 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.82 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 4.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.20 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.30 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 6.32 #0070ff Brandeis Blue ΔE 6.53 #e67e10 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#1981ef  rgb(25, 129, 239)  hsl(211, 87%, 52%)  Bleu de France
#ef8719  rgb(239, 135, 25)  hsl(31, 87%, 52%)  Tangerine
#ef1981  rgb(239, 25, 129)  hsl(331, 87%, 52%)  Rose
#81ef19  rgb(129, 239, 25)  hsl(91, 87%, 52%)  Lawn Green