French Blue#436BAD

#436BAD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.114 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

French Blue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#436BAD
RGB	rgb(67, 107, 173)
HSL	hsl(217, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(217, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.25, 6.85, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.25, 40.07, 279.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% -0.0199 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.114 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1126, 14.7245, 41.5728)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#436BAD #AD8543

analogous

#43A0AD #436BAD #5043AD

triadic

#436BAD #AD436B #6BAD43

tetradic

#436BAD #AD43A0 #AD8543 #43AD50

square

#436BAD #AD43A0 #AD8543 #43AD50

split-complementary

#436BAD #AD5043 #A0AD43

monochromatic

#213455 #325081 #436BAD #688BC5 #95ADD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#436BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#436BAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #436BAD

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##436BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##436BAD	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F70B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4067AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #436bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 107, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.114 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8095c6',
    500: '#436bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #436bad;
$custom-light: #8095c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#436bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.358,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53005,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#436BAD

secondary

#C1AD8A

accent

#A454D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF1F8

border

#CACBD1

text

#0B0D13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #436BAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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