Colors / blue
French Blue #436BAD
#436BADoklch(0.5300 0.1138 259.9)
French Blue (#436BAD) is a medium moderately saturated blue. In OKLCH it has lightness 53.0%, chroma 0.114 and hue 259.9°; its relative luminance is 14.7%. White text reads best on it (APCA Lc 82, WCAG 5.32:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.4).
#436BAD in every format
| HEX | #436BAD |
| RGB | rgb(67 107 173) |
| HSL | hsl(217.4 44.2% 47.1%) |
| HSB / HSV | hsb(217.4 61.3% 67.8%) |
| HWB | hwb(217.4 26.3% 32.2%) |
| CMYK (formula) | cmyk(61/38/0/32) |
| CMYK (FOGRA39 coated) | cmyk(79/56/4/0) |
| CIELAB (D50) | lab(44.69 1.75 -40.21) |
| LCh | lch(44.69 40.25 272.5) |
| OKLab | oklab(0.5300 -0.0199 -0.1120) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.5300 0.1138 259.9) |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.15114 0.14725 0.41582) |
| CIE xyY | xyY(0.2116 0.2062 0.1473) |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.2980 0.4155 0.6592) |
| Linear sRGB | color(srgb-linear 0.05613 0.14703 0.41789) |
| CSS name | — |
Text on #436BAD
White textWCAG 5.32:1 · APCA Lc 82
Black textWCAG 3.95:1 · APCA Lc 28
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