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#228EEA

#228eea ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#228eea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.33% red, 55.69% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.47% cyan, 39.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.6°, with 82.64% saturation and 52.55% 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 6.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.27.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.2563

Complementary

  1. #228eea
  2. #ea7e22

Split complementary

  1. #228eea
  2. #ea222a
  3. #eae222

Analogous

  1. #22eae2
  2. #228eea
  3. #222aea

Triadic

  1. #228eea
  2. #ea228e
  3. #8eea22

Tetradic

  1. #228eea
  2. #7e22ea
  3. #ea7e22
  4. #8eea22

Square

  1. #228eea
  2. #e222ea
  3. #ea7e22
  4. #2aea22

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3d69
  2. #1166af
  3. #228eea
  4. #68b2f1
  5. #aed5f7

Shades

#228eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #228eea
  2. #1f80d3
  3. #1b72bb
  4. #1863a4
  5. #14558c
  6. #114775
  7. #0e395e
  8. #0a2b46
  9. #071c2f
  10. #030e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#228eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #228eea
  2. #3899ec
  3. #4ea5ee
  4. #64b0f0
  5. #7abbf2
  6. #91c7f5
  7. #a7d2f7
  8. #bdddf9
  9. #d3e8fb
  10. #e9f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#228eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #228eea
  2. #2b8ddf
  3. #358bd5
  4. #3e8aca
  5. #4888c0
  6. #5187b5
  7. #5a86aa
  8. #6484a0
  9. #6d8395
  10. #77818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8cb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6194ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4083e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4f92ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3687e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009cca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-228eea {
  color: #228eea;
}
Background
.bg-228eea {
  background-color: #228eea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-228eea {
  border: 2px solid #228eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #228eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 34 142 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-228eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #228eea, #222aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-228eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(34 142 234 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.27 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.45 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.16 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.85 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.14 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.19 #dd7115 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#228eea  rgb(34, 142, 234)  hsl(208, 83%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#ea7e22  rgb(234, 126, 34)  hsl(28, 83%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea228e  rgb(234, 34, 142)  hsl(328, 83%, 53%)  Deep Pink
#8eea22  rgb(142, 234, 34)  hsl(88, 83%, 53%)  Lawn Green