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#188CEA

#188cea ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#188cea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 54.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.74% cyan, 40.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 206.86°, with 83.33% saturation and 50.59% 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 5.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.23.

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Relative luminance0.2489

Complementary

  1. #188cea
  2. #ea7618

Split complementary

  1. #188cea
  2. #ea1823
  3. #eadf18

Analogous

  1. #18eadf
  2. #188cea
  3. #1823ea

Triadic

  1. #188cea
  2. #ea188c
  3. #8cea18

Tetradic

  1. #188cea
  2. #7618ea
  3. #ea7618
  4. #8cea18

Square

  1. #188cea
  2. #df18ea
  3. #ea7618
  4. #23ea18

Monochromatic

  1. #093960
  2. #0f63a6
  3. #188cea
  4. #5eaff0
  5. #a4d2f7

Shades

#188cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #188cea
  2. #167ed3
  3. #1370bb
  4. #1162a4
  5. #0e548c
  6. #0c4675
  7. #0a385e
  8. #072a46
  9. #051c2f
  10. #020e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#188cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #188cea
  2. #2f98ec
  3. #46a3ee
  4. #5daff0
  5. #74baf2
  6. #8cc6f5
  7. #a3d1f7
  8. #baddf9
  9. #d1e8fb
  10. #e8f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#188cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #188cea
  2. #228bdf
  3. #2d8ad5
  4. #3788ca
  5. #4287c0
  6. #4c86b5
  7. #5685aa
  8. #6184a0
  9. #6b8295
  10. #76818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5d92ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3981e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a90ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #2f85e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009aca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-188cea {
  color: #188cea;
}
Background
.bg-188cea {
  background-color: #188cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-188cea {
  border: 2px solid #188cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #188cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 140 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-188cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #188cea, #1823ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-188cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 140 234 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.23 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.81 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.50 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.23 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.70 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.23 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.70 #e77315 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#188cea  rgb(24, 140, 234)  hsl(207, 83%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#ea7618  rgb(234, 118, 24)  hsl(27, 83%, 51%)  Pumpkin
#ea188c  rgb(234, 24, 140)  hsl(327, 83%, 51%)  Deep Pink
#8cea18  rgb(140, 234, 24)  hsl(87, 83%, 51%)  Lawn Green