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#048BEA

#048bea ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#048bea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 54.51% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.29% cyan, 40.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204.78°, with 96.64% saturation and 46.67% 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 5.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.64.

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Relative luminance0.2443

Complementary

  1. #048bea
  2. #ea6304

Split complementary

  1. #048bea
  2. #ea0418
  3. #ead604

Analogous

  1. #04ead6
  2. #048bea
  3. #0418ea

Triadic

  1. #048bea
  2. #ea048b
  3. #8bea04

Tetradic

  1. #048bea
  2. #6304ea
  3. #ea6304
  4. #8bea04

Square

  1. #048bea
  2. #d604ea
  3. #ea6304
  4. #18ea04

Monochromatic

  1. #013254
  2. #035e9f
  3. #048bea
  4. #3faefc
  5. #8acefd

Shades

#048bea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #048bea
  2. #047dd3
  3. #036fbb
  4. #0361a4
  5. #02538c
  6. #024675
  7. #02385e
  8. #012a46
  9. #011c2f
  10. #000e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#048bea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #048bea
  2. #1d97ec
  3. #36a2ee
  4. #4faef0
  5. #68b9f2
  6. #82c5f5
  7. #9bd1f7
  8. #b4dcf9
  9. #cde8fb
  10. #e6f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#048bea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #048bea
  2. #108adf
  3. #1d89d5
  4. #2988ca
  5. #3687c0
  6. #4286b5
  7. #4e84aa
  8. #5b83a0
  9. #678295
  10. #74818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b89b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5a91ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #357fe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #478fec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2884e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-048bea {
  color: #048bea;
}
Background
.bg-048bea {
  background-color: #048bea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-048bea {
  border: 2px solid #048bea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #048bea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 139 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-048bea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #048bea, #0418ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-048bea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 139 234 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.64 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.99 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.07 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.56 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.01 #fb7415 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#048bea  rgb(4, 139, 234)  hsl(205, 97%, 47%)  Bleu de France
#ea6304  rgb(234, 99, 4)  hsl(25, 97%, 47%)  Persimmon
#ea048b  rgb(234, 4, 139)  hsl(325, 97%, 47%)  Deep Pink
#8bea04  rgb(139, 234, 4)  hsl(85, 97%, 47%)  Lawn Green