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#008CD9

#008cd9 ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#008cd9 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 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 201.29°, with 100% saturation and 42.55% 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 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.2377

Complementary

  1. #008cd9
  2. #d94d00

Split complementary

  1. #008cd9
  2. #d90020
  3. #d9ba00

Analogous

  1. #00d9ba
  2. #008cd9
  3. #0020d9

Triadic

  1. #008cd9
  2. #d9008c
  3. #8cd900

Tetradic

  1. #008cd9
  2. #4d00d9
  3. #d94d00
  4. #8cd900

Square

  1. #008cd9
  2. #ba00d9
  3. #d94d00
  4. #20d900

Monochromatic

  1. #002940
  2. #005b8d
  3. #008cd9
  4. #27b2ff
  5. #73cdff

Shades

#008cd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #008cd9
  2. #007ec3
  3. #0070ae
  4. #006298
  5. #005482
  6. #00466d
  7. #003857
  8. #002a41
  9. #001c2b
  10. #000e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#008cd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #008cd9
  2. #1a98dd
  3. #33a3e1
  4. #4dafe4
  5. #66bae8
  6. #80c6ec
  7. #99d1f0
  8. #b3ddf4
  9. #cce8f7
  10. #e6f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#008cd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #008cd9
  2. #0d8bd0
  3. #1a8ac7
  4. #2688be
  5. #3387b5
  6. #4086ad
  7. #4d85a4
  8. #5a849b
  9. #668292
  10. #738189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6988ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #668fdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #497ed8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #508edb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3984d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0098be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-008cd9 {
  color: #008cd9;
}
Background
.bg-008cd9 {
  background-color: #008cd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-008cd9 {
  border: 2px solid #008cd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #008cd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 140 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-008cd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #008cd9, #0020d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-008cd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 140 217 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.09 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.68 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.16 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.90 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.20 #ff7326 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#008cd9  rgb(0, 140, 217)  hsl(201, 100%, 43%)  Bleu de France
#d94d00  rgb(217, 77, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 43%)  Burnt Orange
#d9008c  rgb(217, 0, 140)  hsl(321, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#8cd900  rgb(140, 217, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green