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#388ACE

#388ace ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#388ace 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 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.82% cyan, 33.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 207.2°, with 60.48% saturation and 51.37% 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 5.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.86.

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Relative luminance0.2347

Complementary

  1. #388ace
  2. #ce7c38

Split complementary

  1. #388ace
  2. #ce383f
  3. #cec738

Analogous

  1. #38cec7
  2. #388ace
  3. #383fce

Triadic

  1. #388ace
  2. #ce388a
  3. #8ace38

Tetradic

  1. #388ace
  2. #7c38ce
  3. #ce7c38
  4. #8ace38

Square

  1. #388ace
  2. #c738ce
  3. #ce7c38
  4. #3fce38

Monochromatic

  1. #163a57
  2. #256295
  3. #388ace
  4. #75aedd
  5. #b3d2ec

Shades

#388ace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #388ace
  2. #327cb9
  3. #2d6ea5
  4. #276190
  5. #22537c
  6. #1c4567
  7. #163752
  8. #11293e
  9. #0b1c29
  10. #060e15
  11. #000000

Tints

#388ace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #388ace
  2. #4c96d3
  3. #60a1d8
  4. #74addd
  5. #88b9e2
  6. #9cc5e7
  7. #afd0eb
  8. #c3dcf0
  9. #d7e8f5
  10. #ebf3fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#388ace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #388ace
  2. #3f89c6
  3. #4688be
  4. #4e87b7
  5. #5586af
  6. #5c85a7
  7. #63849f
  8. #6a8397
  9. #728290
  10. #798188
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6e87a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b8dd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #567fcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009aa2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b8cd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c83cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0094b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-388ace {
  color: #388ace;
}
Background
.bg-388ace {
  background-color: #388ace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-388ace {
  border: 2px solid #388ace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #388ace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 138 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 60% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-388ace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #388ace, #383fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-388ace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 138 206 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.86 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 3.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.04 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.22 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.82 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.39 #c77531 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#388ace  rgb(56, 138, 206)  hsl(207, 60%, 51%)  Bleu de France
#ce7c38  rgb(206, 124, 56)  hsl(27, 60%, 51%)  Bronze
#ce388a  rgb(206, 56, 138)  hsl(327, 60%, 51%)  Mulberry
#8ace38  rgb(138, 206, 56)  hsl(87, 60%, 51%)  Yellow Green