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#388CAA

#388caa ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#388caa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 54.9% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.06% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 195.79°, with 50.44% saturation and 44.31% 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 5.5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.225

Complementary

  1. #388caa
  2. #aa5638

Split complementary

  1. #388caa
  2. #aa3853
  3. #aa8f38

Analogous

  1. #38aa8f
  2. #388caa
  3. #3853aa

Triadic

  1. #388caa
  2. #aa388c
  3. #8caa38

Tetradic

  1. #388caa
  2. #5638aa
  3. #aa5638
  4. #8caa38

Square

  1. #388caa
  2. #8f38aa
  3. #aa5638
  4. #53aa38

Monochromatic

  1. #122d37
  2. #255d70
  3. #388caa
  4. #63b0cc
  5. #9ccddf

Shades

#388caa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #388caa
  2. #327e99
  3. #2d7088
  4. #276277
  5. #225466
  6. #1c4655
  7. #163844
  8. #112a33
  9. #0b1c22
  10. #060e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#388caa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #388caa
  2. #4c98b3
  3. #60a3bb
  4. #74afc4
  5. #88bacc
  6. #9cc6d5
  7. #afd1dd
  8. #c3dde6
  9. #d7e8ee
  10. #ebf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#388caa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #388caa
  2. #3f8ba6
  3. #468aa2
  4. #4e889d
  5. #558799
  6. #5c8695
  7. #638591
  8. #6a848d
  9. #728288
  10. #798184
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6c8694 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b89ac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c7daa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009596 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #678aab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b83aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00919e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-388caa {
  color: #388caa;
}
Background
.bg-388caa {
  background-color: #388caa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-388caa {
  border: 2px solid #388caa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #388caa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 140 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 50% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-388caa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #388caa, #3853aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-388caa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 140 170 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 3.76 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.88 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.65 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.75 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 9.19 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.10 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.90 #c77355 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#388caa  rgb(56, 140, 170)  hsl(196, 50%, 44%)  Bondi Blue
#aa5638  rgb(170, 86, 56)  hsl(16, 50%, 44%)  Sienna
#aa388c  rgb(170, 56, 140)  hsl(316, 50%, 44%)  Deep Plum
#8caa38  rgb(140, 170, 56)  hsl(76, 50%, 44%)  Apple Green