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#338BDE

#338bde ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#338bde is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 54.51% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.03% cyan, 37.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 209.12°, with 72.15% saturation and 53.53% 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 5.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.01.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2444

Complementary

  1. #338bde
  2. #de8633

Split complementary

  1. #338bde
  2. #de3336
  3. #dedb33

Analogous

  1. #33dedb
  2. #338bde
  3. #3336de

Triadic

  1. #338bde
  2. #de338b
  3. #8bde33

Tetradic

  1. #338bde
  2. #8633de
  3. #de8633
  4. #8bde33

Square

  1. #338bde
  2. #db33de
  3. #de8633
  4. #36de33

Monochromatic

  1. #113d67
  2. #1b64a9
  3. #338bde
  4. #75b0e9
  5. #b7d6f3

Shades

#338bde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #338bde
  2. #2e7dc8
  3. #296fb2
  4. #24619b
  5. #1f5385
  6. #1a466f
  7. #143859
  8. #0f2a43
  9. #0a1c2c
  10. #050e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#338bde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #338bde
  2. #4797e1
  3. #5ca2e5
  4. #70aee8
  5. #85b9eb
  6. #99c5ef
  7. #add1f2
  8. #c2dcf5
  9. #d6e8f8
  10. #ebf3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#338bde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #338bde
  2. #3b8ad5
  3. #4289cb
  4. #4a88c2
  5. #5287b8
  6. #5a86af
  7. #6184a6
  8. #69839c
  9. #718293
  10. #788189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f89b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6490e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4a80dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009faa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #548ee0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4285dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0097c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-338bde {
  color: #338bde;
}
Background
.bg-338bde {
  background-color: #338bde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-338bde {
  border: 2px solid #338bde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #338bde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 139 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 72% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-338bde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #338bde, #3336de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-338bde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 139 222 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.99 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.27 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.75 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.80 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.67 #cc7421 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#338bde  rgb(51, 139, 222)  hsl(209, 72%, 54%)  Bleu de France
#de8633  rgb(222, 134, 51)  hsl(29, 72%, 54%)  Cadmium Orange
#de338b  rgb(222, 51, 139)  hsl(329, 72%, 54%)  Mulberry
#8bde33  rgb(139, 222, 51)  hsl(89, 72%, 54%)  Yellow Green