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#288EB5

#288eb5 ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#288eb5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 55.69% green and 70.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.9% cyan, 21.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.02% black. Its hue angle is 196.6°, with 63.8% saturation and 43.33% 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 5.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 3.97.

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Relative luminance0.2313

Complementary

  1. #288eb5
  2. #b54f28

Split complementary

  1. #288eb5
  2. #b52847
  3. #b59528

Analogous

  1. #28b595
  2. #288eb5
  3. #2847b5

Triadic

  1. #288eb5
  2. #b5288e
  3. #8eb528

Tetradic

  1. #288eb5
  2. #4f28b5
  3. #b54f28
  4. #8eb528

Square

  1. #288eb5
  2. #9528b5
  3. #b54f28
  4. #47b528

Monochromatic

  1. #0c2c38
  2. #1a5d76
  3. #288eb5
  4. #51b3d9
  5. #90cee6

Shades

#288eb5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #288eb5
  2. #2480a3
  3. #207291
  4. #1c637f
  5. #18556d
  6. #14475b
  7. #103948
  8. #0c2b36
  9. #081c24
  10. #040e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#288eb5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #288eb5
  2. #3e99bc
  3. #53a5c4
  4. #69b0cb
  5. #7ebbd3
  6. #94c7da
  7. #a9d2e1
  8. #bfdde9
  9. #d4e8f0
  10. #eaf4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#288eb5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #288eb5
  2. #318db0
  3. #3a8baa
  4. #428aa5
  5. #4b88a0
  6. #54879b
  7. #5d8695
  8. #668490
  9. #6e838b
  10. #778185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6b889a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a8cb7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #677eb4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00999b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #638db6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5485b5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0095a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-288eb5 {
  color: #288eb5;
}
Background
.bg-288eb5 {
  background-color: #288eb5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-288eb5 {
  border: 2px solid #288eb5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #288eb5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 142 181;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 64% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-288eb5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #288eb5, #2847b5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-288eb5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 142 181 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 3.97 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.07 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.27 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.82 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.59 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.93 #d7714a Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#288eb5  rgb(40, 142, 181)  hsl(197, 64%, 43%)  Bondi Blue
#b54f28  rgb(181, 79, 40)  hsl(17, 64%, 43%)  Rust
#b5288e  rgb(181, 40, 142)  hsl(317, 64%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#8eb528  rgb(142, 181, 40)  hsl(77, 64%, 43%)  Apple Green