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#478DDB

#478ddb ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#478ddb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 55.29% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.58% cyan, 35.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 211.62°, with 67.27% saturation and 56.86% 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 6.1:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.51.

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Relative luminance0.255

Complementary

  1. #478ddb
  2. #db9547

Split complementary

  1. #478ddb
  2. #db4b47
  3. #d7db47

Analogous

  1. #47d7db
  2. #478ddb
  3. #4b47db

Triadic

  1. #478ddb
  2. #db478d
  3. #8ddb47

Tetradic

  1. #478ddb
  2. #9547db
  3. #db9547
  4. #8ddb47

Square

  1. #478ddb
  2. #db47d7
  3. #db9547
  4. #47db4b

Monochromatic

  1. #164273
  2. #2367b3
  3. #478ddb
  4. #87b5e8
  5. #c7dcf4

Shades

#478ddb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #478ddb
  2. #407fc5
  3. #3971af
  4. #326399
  5. #2b5583
  6. #24476e
  7. #1c3858
  8. #152a42
  9. #0e1c2c
  10. #070e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#478ddb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #478ddb
  2. #5998df
  3. #6ca4e2
  4. #7eafe6
  5. #91bbe9
  6. #a3c6ed
  7. #b5d1f1
  8. #c8ddf4
  9. #dae8f8
  10. #edf4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#478ddb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #478ddb
  2. #4d8cd2
  3. #528ac9
  4. #5889c0
  5. #5e88b7
  6. #6487ae
  7. #6985a4
  8. #6f849b
  9. #758392
  10. #7a8189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #758bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a92de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5584d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009faa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e90dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5088da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-478ddb {
  color: #478ddb;
}
Background
.bg-478ddb {
  background-color: #478ddb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-478ddb {
  border: 2px solid #478ddb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #478ddb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 141 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 67% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-478ddb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #478ddb, #4b47db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-478ddb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 141 219 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.32 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.15 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.74 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.06 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.85 #b87224 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#478ddb  rgb(71, 141, 219)  hsl(212, 67%, 57%)  Bleu de France
#db9547  rgb(219, 149, 71)  hsl(32, 67%, 57%)  Carrot Orange
#db478d  rgb(219, 71, 141)  hsl(332, 67%, 57%)  Mulberry
#8ddb47  rgb(141, 219, 71)  hsl(92, 67%, 57%)  Yellow Green