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 also forms the basic color cyan, but still remains as dominant basic color for the initial color impression. Learn more …

But due to the amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of French Blue is somewhat limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 37 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 41 %, French Blue is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#496da9`
RGB	`rgb(73, 109, 169)`
HSL*	`hsl(218, 40%, 47%)`
Lab*	`45.93 5.5 -36.06`
CMYK*	`57% 36% 0% 34%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

34 %

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