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#008FDC

#008fdc ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#008fdc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 56.08% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 35% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 201°, with 100% saturation and 43.14% 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 5.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.3.

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Relative luminance0.2481

Complementary

  1. #008fdc
  2. #dc4d00

Split complementary

  1. #008fdc
  2. #dc0021
  3. #dcbb00

Analogous

  1. #00dcbb
  2. #008fdc
  3. #0021dc

Triadic

  1. #008fdc
  2. #dc008f
  3. #8fdc00

Tetradic

  1. #008fdc
  2. #4d00dc
  3. #dc4d00
  4. #8fdc00

Square

  1. #008fdc
  2. #bb00dc
  3. #dc4d00
  4. #21dc00

Monochromatic

  1. #002c43
  2. #005d90
  3. #008fdc
  4. #2ab4ff
  5. #76cfff

Shades

#008fdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #008fdc
  2. #0081c6
  3. #0072b0
  4. #00649a
  5. #005684
  6. #00486e
  7. #003958
  8. #002b42
  9. #001d2c
  10. #000e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#008fdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #008fdc
  2. #1a9ae0
  3. #33a5e3
  4. #4db1e7
  5. #66bcea
  6. #80c7ee
  7. #99d2f1
  8. #b3ddf5
  9. #cce9f8
  10. #e6f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#008fdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #008fdc
  2. #0d8ed3
  3. #1a8cca
  4. #268bc0
  5. #3389b7
  6. #4088ae
  7. #4d86a5
  8. #5a859c
  9. #668392
  10. #738289
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c8bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6992df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4d81db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5391de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3b87db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009bc1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-008fdc {
  color: #008fdc;
}
Background
.bg-008fdc {
  background-color: #008fdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-008fdc {
  border: 2px solid #008fdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #008fdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 143 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-008fdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #008fdc, #0021dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-008fdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 143 220 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.30 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.55 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.34 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.67 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.82 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 8.05 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.41 #ff7023 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#008fdc  rgb(0, 143, 220)  hsl(201, 100%, 43%)  Bleu de France
#dc4d00  rgb(220, 77, 0)  hsl(21, 100%, 43%)  Flame
#dc008f  rgb(220, 0, 143)  hsl(321, 100%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#8fdc00  rgb(143, 220, 0)  hsl(81, 100%, 43%)  Yellow Green