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#388EDE

#388ede ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#388ede 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 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.77% cyan, 36.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 208.92°, with 71.55% saturation and 54.51% 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 6.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 1.2.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2546

Complementary

  1. #388ede
  2. #de8838

Split complementary

  1. #388ede
  2. #de383b
  3. #dedb38

Analogous

  1. #38dedb
  2. #388ede
  3. #383bde

Triadic

  1. #388ede
  2. #de388e
  3. #8ede38

Tetradic

  1. #388ede
  2. #8838de
  3. #de8838
  4. #8ede38

Square

  1. #388ede
  2. #db38de
  3. #de8838
  4. #3bde38

Monochromatic

  1. #12406b
  2. #1d67ad
  3. #388ede
  4. #7ab3e9
  5. #bbd9f4

Shades

#388ede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #388ede
  2. #3280c8
  3. #2d72b2
  4. #27639b
  5. #225585
  6. #1c476f
  7. #163959
  8. #112b43
  9. #0b1c2c
  10. #060e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#388ede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #388ede
  2. #4c99e1
  3. #60a5e5
  4. #74b0e8
  5. #88bbeb
  6. #9cc7ef
  7. #afd2f2
  8. #c3ddf5
  9. #d7e8f8
  10. #ebf4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#388ede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #388ede
  2. #3f8dd5
  3. #468bcb
  4. #4e8ac2
  5. #5588b8
  6. #5c87af
  7. #6386a6
  8. #6a849c
  9. #728393
  10. #798189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8a8a8a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728cb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6993e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5083dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a1ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5991e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4888dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009ac2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-388ede {
  color: #388ede;
}
Background
.bg-388ede {
  background-color: #388ede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-388ede {
  border: 2px solid #388ede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #388ede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 142 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 72% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-388ede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #388ede, #383bde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-388ede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 142 222 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 1.20 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 2.99 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.85 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.41 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.61 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.75 #c77121 Inverted #8a8a8a Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#388ede  rgb(56, 142, 222)  hsl(209, 72%, 55%)  Bleu de France
#de8838  rgb(222, 136, 56)  hsl(29, 72%, 55%)  Cadmium Orange
#de388e  rgb(222, 56, 142)  hsl(329, 72%, 55%)  Mulberry
#8ede38  rgb(142, 222, 56)  hsl(89, 72%, 55%)  Yellow Green