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#238BEB

#238beb ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#238beb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 54.51% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.11% cyan, 40.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 208.8°, with 83.33% saturation and 52.94% 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 5.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 0.6.

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Relative luminance0.2482

Complementary

  1. #238beb
  2. #eb8323

Split complementary

  1. #238beb
  2. #eb2327
  3. #ebe723

Analogous

  1. #23ebe7
  2. #238beb
  3. #2327eb

Triadic

  1. #238beb
  2. #eb238b
  3. #8beb23

Tetradic

  1. #238beb
  2. #8323eb
  3. #eb8323
  4. #8beb23

Square

  1. #238beb
  2. #e723eb
  3. #eb8323
  4. #27eb23

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3c6b
  2. #1064b1
  3. #238beb
  4. #69b0f1
  5. #afd5f8

Shades

#238beb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #238beb
  2. #207dd4
  3. #1c6fbc
  4. #1961a5
  5. #15538d
  6. #124676
  7. #0e385e
  8. #0b2a47
  9. #071c2f
  10. #040e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#238beb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #238beb
  2. #3997ed
  3. #4fa2ef
  4. #65aef1
  5. #7bb9f3
  6. #91c5f5
  7. #a7d1f7
  8. #bddcf9
  9. #d3e8fb
  10. #e9f3fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#238beb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #238beb
  2. #2c8ae0
  3. #3689d6
  4. #3f88cb
  5. #4887c0
  6. #5286b6
  7. #5b84ab
  8. #6483a0
  9. #6d8295
  10. #77818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e8ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b92ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3881e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4a8fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3085ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-238beb {
  color: #238beb;
}
Background
.bg-238beb {
  background-color: #238beb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-238beb {
  border: 2px solid #238beb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #238beb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 139 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-238beb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #238beb, #2327eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-238beb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 139 235 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 0.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.93 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.15 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.34 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.67 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.02 #dc7414 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#238beb  rgb(35, 139, 235)  hsl(209, 83%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#eb8323  rgb(235, 131, 35)  hsl(29, 83%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb238b  rgb(235, 35, 139)  hsl(329, 83%, 53%)  Deep Pink
#8beb23  rgb(139, 235, 35)  hsl(89, 83%, 53%)  Lawn Green