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#218ACE

#218ace ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#218ace is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 54.12% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.98% cyan, 33.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 203.58°, with 72.38% saturation and 46.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.42.

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Relative luminance0.2296

Complementary

  1. #218ace
  2. #ce6521

Split complementary

  1. #218ace
  2. #ce2134
  3. #cebb21

Analogous

  1. #21cebb
  2. #218ace
  3. #2134ce

Triadic

  1. #218ace
  2. #ce218a
  3. #8ace21

Tetradic

  1. #218ace
  2. #6521ce
  3. #ce6521
  4. #8ace21

Square

  1. #218ace
  2. #bb21ce
  3. #ce6521
  4. #34ce21

Monochromatic

  1. #0c324a
  2. #165e8c
  3. #218ace
  4. #57ade4
  5. #99cdef

Shades

#218ace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #218ace
  2. #1e7cb9
  3. #1a6ea5
  4. #176190
  5. #14537c
  6. #114567
  7. #0d3752
  8. #0a293e
  9. #071c29
  10. #030e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#218ace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #218ace
  2. #3796d3
  3. #4da1d8
  4. #64addd
  5. #7ab9e2
  6. #90c5e7
  7. #a6d0eb
  8. #bcdcf0
  9. #d3e8f5
  10. #e9f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#218ace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #218ace
  2. #2b89c6
  3. #3488be
  4. #3e87b7
  5. #4786af
  6. #5185a7
  7. #5a849f
  8. #648397
  9. #6d8290
  10. #778188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a86a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a8cd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #527dcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #568bd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4382cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0094b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-218ace {
  color: #218ace;
}
Background
.bg-218ace {
  background-color: #218ace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-218ace {
  border: 2px solid #218ace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #218ace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 138 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 72% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-218ace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #218ace, #2134ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-218ace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 138 206 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.42 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.31 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.32 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.28 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.78 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.01 #de7531 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#218ace  rgb(33, 138, 206)  hsl(204, 72%, 47%)  Bleu de France
#ce6521  rgb(206, 101, 33)  hsl(24, 72%, 47%)  Chocolate
#ce218a  rgb(206, 33, 138)  hsl(324, 72%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#8ace21  rgb(138, 206, 33)  hsl(84, 72%, 47%)  Yellow Green