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#288BAE

#288bae ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#288bae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 54.51% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.01% cyan, 20.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 195.67°, with 62.62% saturation and 41.96% 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 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 3.97.

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Relative luminance0.2197

Complementary

  1. #288bae
  2. #ae4b28

Split complementary

  1. #288bae
  2. #ae2848
  3. #ae8e28

Analogous

  1. #28ae8e
  2. #288bae
  3. #2848ae

Triadic

  1. #288bae
  2. #ae288b
  3. #8bae28

Tetradic

  1. #288bae
  2. #4b28ae
  3. #ae4b28
  4. #8bae28

Square

  1. #288bae
  2. #8e28ae
  3. #ae4b28
  4. #48ae28

Monochromatic

  1. #0b2832
  2. #1a5970
  3. #288bae
  4. #4db2d6
  5. #8bcde4

Shades

#288bae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #288bae
  2. #247d9d
  3. #206f8b
  4. #1c617a
  5. #185368
  6. #144657
  7. #103846
  8. #0c2a34
  9. #081c23
  10. #040e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#288bae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #288bae
  2. #3e97b6
  3. #53a2be
  4. #69aec6
  5. #7eb9ce
  6. #94c5d7
  7. #a9d1df
  8. #bfdce7
  9. #d4e8ef
  10. #eaf3f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#288bae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #288bae
  2. #318aa9
  3. #3a89a5
  4. #4288a0
  5. #4b879c
  6. #548697
  7. #5d8492
  8. #66838e
  9. #6e8289
  10. #778185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #698595 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7888b0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #667bae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009597 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6289af ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5482ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-288bae {
  color: #288bae;
}
Background
.bg-288bae {
  background-color: #288bae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-288bae {
  border: 2px solid #288bae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #288bae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 139 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 63% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-288bae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #288bae, #2848ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-288bae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 139 174 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 3.97 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.29 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.60 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.20 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 9.33 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.05 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 11.72 #d77451 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#288bae  rgb(40, 139, 174)  hsl(196, 63%, 42%)  Bondi Blue
#ae4b28  rgb(174, 75, 40)  hsl(16, 63%, 42%)  Rust
#ae288b  rgb(174, 40, 139)  hsl(316, 63%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#8bae28  rgb(139, 174, 40)  hsl(76, 63%, 42%)  Apple Green