French Blue

The color code of French Blue indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. As red and green have equal intensities, blue 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 27 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 51 %, French Blue is a rather light color.

Hex	`#7e7ec2`
RGB	`rgb(126, 126, 194)`
HSL*	`hsl(240, 36%, 63%)`
Lab*	`55.33 16.29 -35.49`
CMYK*	`35% 35% 0% 24%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

49 %

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