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#008CD8

#008cd8 ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#008cd8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 54.9% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 201.11°, with 100% saturation and 42.35% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.24.

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Relative luminance0.2371

Complementary

  1. #008cd8
  2. #d84c00

Split complementary

  1. #008cd8
  2. #d80020
  3. #d8b800

Analogous

  1. #00d8b8
  2. #008cd8
  3. #0020d8

Triadic

  1. #008cd8
  2. #d8008c
  3. #8cd800

Tetradic

  1. #008cd8
  2. #4c00d8
  3. #d84c00
  4. #8cd800

Square

  1. #008cd8
  2. #b800d8
  3. #d84c00
  4. #20d800

Monochromatic

  1. #00293f
  2. #005a8b
  3. #008cd8
  4. #25b2ff
  5. #72cdff

Shades

#008cd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #008cd8
  2. #007ec2
  3. #0070ad
  4. #006297
  5. #005482
  6. #00466c
  7. #003856
  8. #002a41
  9. #001c2b
  10. #000e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#008cd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #008cd8
  2. #1a98dc
  3. #33a3e0
  4. #4dafe4
  5. #66bae8
  6. #80c6ec
  7. #99d1ef
  8. #b3ddf3
  9. #cce8f7
  10. #e6f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#008cd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #008cd8
  2. #0d8bcf
  3. #1a8ac6
  4. #2688be
  5. #3387b5
  6. #4086ac
  7. #4d85a3
  8. #5a849a
  9. #668292
  10. #738189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6988ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #678fdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4a7ed7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #508eda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3984d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-008cd8 {
  color: #008cd8;
}
Background
.bg-008cd8 {
  background-color: #008cd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-008cd8 {
  border: 2px solid #008cd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #008cd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 140 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-008cd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #008cd8, #0020d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-008cd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 140 216 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.24 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.84 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.20 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.02 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.15 #ff7327 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#008cd8  rgb(0, 140, 216)  hsl(201, 100%, 42%)  Bleu de France
#d84c00  rgb(216, 76, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 42%)  Burnt Orange
#d8008c  rgb(216, 0, 140)  hsl(321, 100%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#8cd800  rgb(140, 216, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 42%)  Yellow Green