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#296EA6

#296ea6 ≈ French Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#296ea6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.08% red, 43.14% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.3% cyan, 33.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 206.88°, with 60.39% saturation and 40.59% 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 5.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is French Blue (#0072bb), ΔE 2.63.

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Web safe#336699
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Relative luminance0.1438

Complementary

  1. #296ea6
  2. #a66129

Split complementary

  1. #296ea6
  2. #a6292f
  3. #a6a029

Analogous

  1. #29a6a0
  2. #296ea6
  3. #292fa6

Triadic

  1. #296ea6
  2. #a6296e
  3. #6ea629

Tetradic

  1. #296ea6
  2. #6129a6
  3. #a66129
  4. #6ea629

Square

  1. #296ea6
  2. #a029a6
  3. #a66129
  4. #2fa629

Monochromatic

  1. #0b1d2b
  2. #1a4569
  3. #296ea6
  4. #4995d2
  5. #87b9e1

Shades

#296ea6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #296ea6
  2. #256395
  3. #215885
  4. #1d4d74
  5. #194264
  6. #153753
  7. #102c42
  8. #0c2132
  9. #081621
  10. #040b11
  11. #000000

Tints

#296ea6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #296ea6
  2. #3e7daf
  3. #548bb8
  4. #699ac1
  5. #7fa8ca
  6. #94b7d3
  7. #a9c5db
  8. #bfd4e4
  9. #d4e2ed
  10. #eaf1f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#296ea6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #296ea6
  2. #3270a2
  3. #3a729e
  4. #43739b
  5. #4c7597
  6. #557793
  7. #5d798f
  8. #667b8b
  9. #6f7c88
  10. #777e84
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6a6a6a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #576c86 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5470a8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4365a5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #007b82 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #476fa7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a69a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #007692 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-296ea6 {
  color: #296ea6;
}
Background
.bg-296ea6 {
  background-color: #296ea6;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-296ea6 {
  border: 2px solid #296ea6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #296ea6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 41 110 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 60% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-296ea6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #296ea6, #292fa6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-296ea6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(41 110 166 / 0.35);
}

#0072bb French Blue ΔE 2.63 #0067a5 Medium Persian Blue ΔE 2.87 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 3.86 #0073cf True Blue ΔE 4.56 #26619c Lapis Lazuli ΔE 4.84 #006994 Sea Blue ΔE 5.38 #1560bd Denim ΔE 6.14 #d69159 Inverted #6a6a6a Grayscale 

French Blue
#296ea6  rgb(41, 110, 166)  hsl(207, 60%, 41%)  French Blue
#a66129  rgb(166, 97, 41)  hsl(27, 60%, 41%)  Ginger
#a6296e  rgb(166, 41, 110)  hsl(327, 60%, 41%)  Jazzberry Jam
#6ea629  rgb(110, 166, 41)  hsl(87, 60%, 41%)  Kelly Green