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#268EEE

#268eee ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#268eee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 55.69% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.03% cyan, 40.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 208.8°, with 85.47% saturation and 54.12% 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 6.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 0.97.

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Relative luminance0.2593

Complementary

  1. #268eee
  2. #ee8626

Split complementary

  1. #268eee
  2. #ee262a
  3. #eeea26

Analogous

  1. #26eeea
  2. #268eee
  3. #262aee

Triadic

  1. #268eee
  2. #ee268e
  3. #8eee26

Tetradic

  1. #268eee
  2. #8626ee
  3. #ee8626
  4. #8eee26

Square

  1. #268eee
  2. #ea26ee
  3. #ee8626
  4. #2aee26

Monochromatic

  1. #094072
  2. #0e67b9
  3. #268eee
  4. #6db3f4
  5. #b4d8f9

Shades

#268eee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #268eee
  2. #2280d6
  3. #1e72be
  4. #1b63a7
  5. #17558f
  6. #134777
  7. #0f395f
  8. #0b2b47
  9. #081c30
  10. #040e18
  11. #000000

Tints

#268eee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #268eee
  2. #3c99f0
  3. #51a5f1
  4. #67b0f3
  5. #7dbbf5
  6. #93c7f7
  7. #a8d2f8
  8. #beddfa
  9. #d4e8fc
  10. #e9f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#268eee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #268eee
  2. #2f8de3
  3. #388bd8
  4. #418acd
  5. #4a88c2
  6. #5387b7
  7. #5c86ac
  8. #6584a1
  9. #6e8396
  10. #77818b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708cbb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e95f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3c83ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #4e92f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3488ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ccd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-268eee {
  color: #268eee;
}
Background
.bg-268eee {
  background-color: #268eee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-268eee {
  border: 2px solid #268eee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #268eee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 142 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-268eee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #268eee, #262aee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-268eee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 142 238 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 0.97 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 1.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.62 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.27 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.87 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.26 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.29 #d97111 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#268eee  rgb(38, 142, 238)  hsl(209, 85%, 54%)  Bleu de France
#ee8626  rgb(238, 134, 38)  hsl(29, 85%, 54%)  Cadmium Orange
#ee268e  rgb(238, 38, 142)  hsl(329, 85%, 54%)  Deep Pink
#8eee26  rgb(142, 238, 38)  hsl(89, 85%, 54%)  Lawn Green