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#388EDA

#388eda ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#388eda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 55.69% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.31% cyan, 34.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 208.15°, with 68.64% saturation and 53.73% 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 6.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.71.

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Relative luminance0.2525

Complementary

  1. #388eda
  2. #da8438

Split complementary

  1. #388eda
  2. #da383d
  3. #dad538

Analogous

  1. #38dad5
  2. #388eda
  3. #383dda

Triadic

  1. #388eda
  2. #da388e
  3. #8eda38

Tetradic

  1. #388eda
  2. #8438da
  3. #da8438
  4. #8eda38

Square

  1. #388eda
  2. #d538da
  3. #da8438
  4. #3dda38

Monochromatic

  1. #133f66
  2. #1f67a7
  3. #388eda
  4. #79b3e6
  5. #b9d7f2

Shades

#388eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #388eda
  2. #3280c4
  3. #2d72ae
  4. #276399
  5. #225583
  6. #1c476d
  7. #163957
  8. #112b41
  9. #0b1c2c
  10. #060e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#388eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #388eda
  2. #4c99de
  3. #60a5e1
  4. #74b0e5
  5. #88bbe9
  6. #9cc7ed
  7. #afd2f0
  8. #c3ddf4
  9. #d7e8f8
  10. #ebf4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#388eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #388eda
  2. #3f8dd1
  3. #468bc8
  4. #4e8abf
  5. #5588b6
  6. #5c87ad
  7. #6386a4
  8. #6a849b
  9. #728392
  10. #798189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b92dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5383d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a0aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b90dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a87d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0099bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-388eda {
  color: #388eda;
}
Background
.bg-388eda {
  background-color: #388eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-388eda {
  border: 2px solid #388eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #388eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 142 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 69% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-388eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #388eda, #383dda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-388eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 142 218 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.48 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.58 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.56 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.82 #c77125 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#388eda  rgb(56, 142, 218)  hsl(208, 69%, 54%)  Bleu de France
#da8438  rgb(218, 132, 56)  hsl(28, 69%, 54%)  Bronze
#da388e  rgb(218, 56, 142)  hsl(328, 69%, 54%)  Mulberry
#8eda38  rgb(142, 218, 56)  hsl(88, 69%, 54%)  Yellow Green