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#478DDC

#478ddc ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#478ddc 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 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.73% cyan, 35.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 211.81°, with 68.04% saturation and 57.06% 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 6.11:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.52.

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Relative luminance0.2556

Complementary

  1. #478ddc
  2. #dc9647

Split complementary

  1. #478ddc
  2. #dc4b47
  3. #d8dc47

Analogous

  1. #47d8dc
  2. #478ddc
  3. #4b47dc

Triadic

  1. #478ddc
  2. #dc478d
  3. #8ddc47

Tetradic

  1. #478ddc
  2. #9647dc
  3. #dc9647
  4. #8ddc47

Square

  1. #478ddc
  2. #dc47d8
  3. #dc9647
  4. #47dc4b

Monochromatic

  1. #164274
  2. #2267b4
  3. #478ddc
  4. #87b5e8
  5. #c8ddf4

Shades

#478ddc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #478ddc
  2. #407fc6
  3. #3971b0
  4. #32639a
  5. #2b5584
  6. #24476e
  7. #1c3858
  8. #152a42
  9. #0e1c2c
  10. #070e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#478ddc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #478ddc
  2. #5998e0
  3. #6ca4e3
  4. #7eafe7
  5. #91bbea
  6. #a3c6ee
  7. #b5d1f1
  8. #c8ddf5
  9. #dae8f8
  10. #edf4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#478ddc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #478ddc
  2. #4d8cd3
  3. #528aca
  4. #5889c0
  5. #5e88b7
  6. #6487ae
  7. #6985a5
  8. #6f849c
  9. #758392
  10. #7a8189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #758bb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a92df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5484da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009faa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e90de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f88db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-478ddc {
  color: #478ddc;
}
Background
.bg-478ddc {
  background-color: #478ddc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-478ddc {
  border: 2px solid #478ddc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #478ddc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 141 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 68% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-478ddc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #478ddc, #4b47dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-478ddc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 141 220 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.06 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.83 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.11 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.87 #b87223 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#478ddc  rgb(71, 141, 220)  hsl(212, 68%, 57%)  Bleu de France
#dc9647  rgb(220, 150, 71)  hsl(32, 68%, 57%)  Carrot Orange
#dc478d  rgb(220, 71, 141)  hsl(332, 68%, 57%)  Mulberry
#8ddc47  rgb(141, 220, 71)  hsl(92, 68%, 57%)  Yellow Green