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#388ABA

#388aba ≈ Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#388aba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 54.12% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.89% cyan, 25.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 202.15°, with 53.72% saturation and 47.45% 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 5.51:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Steel Blue (#4682b4), ΔE 4.1.

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Relative luminance0.2256

Complementary

  1. #388aba
  2. #ba6838

Split complementary

  1. #388aba
  2. #ba3849
  3. #baa938

Analogous

  1. #38baa9
  2. #388aba
  3. #3849ba

Triadic

  1. #388aba
  2. #ba388a
  3. #8aba38

Tetradic

  1. #388aba
  2. #6838ba
  3. #ba6838
  4. #8aba38

Square

  1. #388aba
  2. #a938ba
  3. #ba6838
  4. #49ba38

Monochromatic

  1. #153344
  2. #265e7f
  3. #388aba
  4. #6cadd3
  5. #a7cee4

Shades

#388aba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #388aba
  2. #327ca7
  3. #2d6e95
  4. #276182
  5. #225370
  6. #1c455d
  7. #16374a
  8. #112938
  9. #0b1c25
  10. #060e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#388aba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #388aba
  2. #4c96c1
  3. #60a1c8
  4. #74adcf
  5. #88b9d6
  6. #9cc5dd
  7. #afd0e3
  8. #c3dcea
  9. #d7e8f1
  10. #ebf3f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#388aba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #388aba
  2. #3f89b4
  3. #4688ae
  4. #4e87a9
  5. #5586a3
  6. #5c859d
  7. #638497
  8. #6a8391
  9. #72828c
  10. #798186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c869c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #738abc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #627db9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00969a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #618abb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5482ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0091a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-388aba {
  color: #388aba;
}
Background
.bg-388aba {
  background-color: #388aba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-388aba {
  border: 2px solid #388aba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #388aba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 138 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 54% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-388aba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #388aba, #3849ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-388aba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 138 186 / 0.35);
}

#4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.10 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 4.99 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 6.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.79 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 7.12 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.69 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.05 #c77545 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Steel Blue
#388aba  rgb(56, 138, 186)  hsl(202, 54%, 47%)  Steel Blue
#ba6838  rgb(186, 104, 56)  hsl(22, 54%, 47%)  Chocolate
#ba388a  rgb(186, 56, 138)  hsl(322, 54%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#8aba38  rgb(138, 186, 56)  hsl(82, 54%, 47%)  Apple Green