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#238BCE

#238bce ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#238bce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 54.51% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.01% cyan, 32.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 203.51°, with 70.95% saturation and 47.25% 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 5.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 4.46.

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Relative luminance0.2328

Complementary

  1. #238bce
  2. #ce6623

Split complementary

  1. #238bce
  2. #ce2335
  3. #cebb23

Analogous

  1. #23cebb
  2. #238bce
  3. #2335ce

Triadic

  1. #238bce
  2. #ce238b
  3. #8bce23

Tetradic

  1. #238bce
  2. #6623ce
  3. #ce6623
  4. #8bce23

Square

  1. #238bce
  2. #bb23ce
  3. #ce6623
  4. #35ce23

Monochromatic

  1. #0d334b
  2. #185f8d
  3. #238bce
  4. #5aaee3
  5. #9cceee

Shades

#238bce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #238bce
  2. #207db9
  3. #1c6fa5
  4. #196190
  5. #15537c
  6. #124667
  7. #0e3852
  8. #0b2a3e
  9. #071c29
  10. #040e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#238bce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #238bce
  2. #3997d3
  3. #4fa2d8
  4. #65aedd
  5. #7bb9e2
  6. #91c5e7
  7. #a7d1eb
  8. #bddcf0
  9. #d3e8f5
  10. #e9f3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#238bce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #238bce
  2. #2c8ac6
  3. #3689be
  4. #3f88b7
  5. #4887af
  6. #5286a7
  7. #5b849f
  8. #648397
  9. #6d8290
  10. #778188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b87a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b8dd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #547ecd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ba3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #578cd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4583cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0095b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-238bce {
  color: #238bce;
}
Background
.bg-238bce {
  background-color: #238bce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-238bce {
  border: 2px solid #238bce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #238bce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 139 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 71% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-238bce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #238bce, #2335ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-238bce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 139 206 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.46 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.63 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.27 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.61 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.20 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.44 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.95 #dc7431 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#238bce  rgb(35, 139, 206)  hsl(204, 71%, 47%)  Bleu de France
#ce6623  rgb(206, 102, 35)  hsl(24, 71%, 47%)  Chocolate
#ce238b  rgb(206, 35, 139)  hsl(324, 71%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#8bce23  rgb(139, 206, 35)  hsl(84, 71%, 47%)  Yellow Green