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#288BDD

#288bdd ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#288bdd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.9% cyan, 37.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 207.18°, with 72.69% saturation and 51.18% 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 5.83:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.83.

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Relative luminance0.2414

Complementary

  1. #288bdd
  2. #dd7a28

Split complementary

  1. #288bdd
  2. #dd2831
  3. #ddd428

Analogous

  1. #28ddd4
  2. #288bdd
  3. #2831dd

Triadic

  1. #288bdd
  2. #dd288b
  3. #8bdd28

Tetradic

  1. #288bdd
  2. #7a28dd
  3. #dd7a28
  4. #8bdd28

Square

  1. #288bdd
  2. #d428dd
  3. #dd7a28
  4. #31dd28

Monochromatic

  1. #0f3a5d
  2. #19639f
  3. #288bdd
  4. #6aafe7
  5. #acd2f2

Shades

#288bdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #288bdd
  2. #247dc7
  3. #206fb1
  4. #1c619b
  5. #185385
  6. #14466f
  7. #103858
  8. #0c2a42
  9. #081c2c
  10. #040e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#288bdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #288bdd
  2. #3e97e0
  3. #53a2e4
  4. #69aee7
  5. #7eb9eb
  6. #94c5ee
  7. #a9d1f1
  8. #bfdcf5
  9. #d4e8f8
  10. #eaf3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#288bdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #288bdd
  2. #318ad4
  3. #3a89ca
  4. #4288c1
  5. #4b87b8
  6. #5486af
  7. #5d84a5
  8. #66839c
  9. #6e8293
  10. #778189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #878787 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d88b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6490e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #487fdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009fa9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #528edf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3e84dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0097c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-288bdd {
  color: #288bdd;
}
Background
.bg-288bdd {
  background-color: #288bdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-288bdd {
  border: 2px solid #288bdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #288bdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 139 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 73% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-288bdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #288bdd, #2831dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-288bdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 139 221 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.83 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.88 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.19 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.89 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.98 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.64 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.69 #d77422 Inverted #878787 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#288bdd  rgb(40, 139, 221)  hsl(207, 73%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#dd7a28  rgb(221, 122, 40)  hsl(27, 73%, 51%)  Ochre
#dd288b  rgb(221, 40, 139)  hsl(327, 73%, 51%)  Telemagenta
#8bdd28  rgb(139, 221, 40)  hsl(87, 73%, 51%)  Yellow Green