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#228CBB

#228cbb ≈ Air Force Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#228cbb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 54.9% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.82% cyan, 25.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 198.43°, with 69.23% saturation and 43.33% 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 5.54:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Air Force Blue (#5d8aa8), ΔE 6.07.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2268

Complementary

  1. #228cbb
  2. #bb5122

Split complementary

  1. #228cbb
  2. #bb223f
  3. #bb9d22

Analogous

  1. #22bb9d
  2. #228cbb
  3. #223fbb

Triadic

  1. #228cbb
  2. #bb228c
  3. #8cbb22

Tetradic

  1. #228cbb
  2. #5122bb
  3. #bb5122
  4. #8cbb22

Square

  1. #228cbb
  2. #9d22bb
  3. #bb5122
  4. #3fbb22

Monochromatic

  1. #0a2b3a
  2. #165c7a
  3. #228cbb
  4. #4bb1de
  5. #8ccdea

Shades

#228cbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #228cbb
  2. #1f7ea8
  3. #1b7096
  4. #186283
  5. #145470
  6. #11465e
  7. #0e384b
  8. #0a2a38
  9. #071c25
  10. #030e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#228cbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #228cbb
  2. #3898c2
  3. #4ea3c9
  4. #64afcf
  5. #7abad6
  6. #91c6dd
  7. #a7d1e4
  8. #bdddeb
  9. #d3e8f1
  10. #e9f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#228cbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #228cbb
  2. #2b8bb5
  3. #358aaf
  4. #3e88a9
  5. #4887a3
  6. #51869e
  7. #5a8598
  8. #648492
  9. #6d828c
  10. #778186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #69879d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #758bbd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #617dba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00989c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e8bbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f83bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0094a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-228cbb {
  color: #228cbb;
}
Background
.bg-228cbb {
  background-color: #228cbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-228cbb {
  border: 2px solid #228cbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #228cbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 140 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 69% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-228cbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #228cbb, #223fbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-228cbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 140 187 / 0.35);
}

#5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.18 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.25 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.51 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.08 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.99 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 9.42 #dd7344 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Air Force Blue
#228cbb  rgb(34, 140, 187)  hsl(198, 69%, 43%)  Air Force Blue
#bb5122  rgb(187, 81, 34)  hsl(18, 69%, 43%)  Mahogany
#bb228c  rgb(187, 34, 140)  hsl(318, 69%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#8cbb22  rgb(140, 187, 34)  hsl(78, 69%, 43%)  Apple Green