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#288EE8

#288ee8 ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#288ee8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 55.69% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.76% cyan, 38.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 208.13°, with 80.67% saturation and 53.33% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.12:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.12.

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Relative luminance0.2562

Complementary

  1. #288ee8
  2. #e88228

Split complementary

  1. #288ee8
  2. #e8282e
  3. #e8e228

Analogous

  1. #28e8e2
  2. #288ee8
  3. #282ee8

Triadic

  1. #288ee8
  2. #e8288e
  3. #8ee828

Tetradic

  1. #288ee8
  2. #8228e8
  3. #e88228
  4. #8ee828

Square

  1. #288ee8
  2. #e228e8
  3. #e88228
  4. #2ee828

Monochromatic

  1. #0b3e6b
  2. #1367b1
  3. #288ee8
  4. #6db2ef
  5. #b2d7f7

Shades

#288ee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #288ee8
  2. #2480d1
  3. #2072ba
  4. #1c63a2
  5. #18558b
  6. #144774
  7. #10395d
  8. #0c2b46
  9. #081c2e
  10. #040e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#288ee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #288ee8
  2. #3e99ea
  3. #53a5ed
  4. #69b0ef
  5. #7ebbf1
  6. #94c7f4
  7. #a9d2f6
  8. #bfddf8
  9. #d4e8fa
  10. #eaf4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#288ee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #288ee8
  2. #318dde
  3. #3a8bd3
  4. #428ac9
  5. #4b88be
  6. #5487b4
  7. #5d86aa
  8. #66849f
  9. #6e8395
  10. #77818a
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #708cb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6294ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4383e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a4b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5192ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3a87e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009bc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-288ee8 {
  color: #288ee8;
}
Background
.bg-288ee8 {
  background-color: #288ee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-288ee8 {
  border: 2px solid #288ee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #288ee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 142 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 81% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-288ee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #288ee8, #282ee8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-288ee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 142 232 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.99 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.47 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.69 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.07 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.08 #d77117 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#288ee8  rgb(40, 142, 232)  hsl(208, 81%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#e88228  rgb(232, 130, 40)  hsl(28, 81%, 53%)  Cadmium Orange
#e8288e  rgb(232, 40, 142)  hsl(328, 81%, 53%)  Deep Pink
#8ee828  rgb(142, 232, 40)  hsl(88, 81%, 53%)  Lawn Green