French Blue

The color code of French Blue indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it forms the basic color cyan, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of blue. Learn more …

Because achromatic basic colors like black and white are somewhat restrained, the colorfulness of French Blue is only slightly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 50 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 38 %, French Blue is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#286aa8`
RGB	`rgb(40, 106, 168)`
HSL*	`hsl(209, 62%, 41%)`
Lab*	`43.63 1.21 -39.19`
CMYK*	`76% 37% 0% 34%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

34 %

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