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#188AEB

#188aeb ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#188aeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 54.12% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.79% cyan, 41.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 207.58°, with 84.06% saturation and 50.78% 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 5.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.06.

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Relative luminance0.2437

Complementary

  1. #188aeb
  2. #eb7918

Split complementary

  1. #188aeb
  2. #eb1820
  3. #ebe218

Analogous

  1. #18ebe2
  2. #188aeb
  3. #1820eb

Triadic

  1. #188aeb
  2. #eb188a
  3. #8aeb18

Tetradic

  1. #188aeb
  2. #7918eb
  3. #eb7918
  4. #8aeb18

Square

  1. #188aeb
  2. #e218eb
  3. #eb7918
  4. #20eb18

Monochromatic

  1. #083962
  2. #0f61a8
  3. #188aeb
  4. #5eaef1
  5. #a5d1f7

Shades

#188aeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #188aeb
  2. #167cd4
  3. #136ebc
  4. #1161a5
  5. #0e538d
  6. #0c4576
  7. #0a375e
  8. #072947
  9. #051c2f
  10. #020e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#188aeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #188aeb
  2. #2f96ed
  3. #46a1ef
  4. #5dadf1
  5. #74b9f3
  6. #8cc5f5
  7. #a3d0f7
  8. #badcf9
  9. #d1e8fb
  10. #e8f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#188aeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #188aeb
  2. #2289e0
  3. #2d88d6
  4. #3787cb
  5. #4286c0
  6. #4c85b6
  7. #5684ab
  8. #6183a0
  9. #6b8295
  10. #76818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c88b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5891ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #337fe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #478eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2a84ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-188aeb {
  color: #188aeb;
}
Background
.bg-188aeb {
  background-color: #188aeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-188aeb {
  border: 2px solid #188aeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #188aeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 138 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-188aeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #188aeb, #1820eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-188aeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 138 235 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.41 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.97 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.15 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.16 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.29 #e77514 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#188aeb  rgb(24, 138, 235)  hsl(208, 84%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#eb7918  rgb(235, 121, 24)  hsl(28, 84%, 51%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb188a  rgb(235, 24, 138)  hsl(328, 84%, 51%)  Deep Pink
#8aeb18  rgb(138, 235, 24)  hsl(88, 84%, 51%)  Lawn Green