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#488ADE

#488ade ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#488ade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 54.12% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.57% cyan, 37.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 213.6°, with 69.44% saturation and 57.65% 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 5.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 2.26.

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Relative luminance0.2483

Complementary

  1. #488ade
  2. #de9c48

Split complementary

  1. #488ade
  2. #de5148
  3. #d5de48

Analogous

  1. #48d5de
  2. #488ade
  3. #5148de

Triadic

  1. #488ade
  2. #de488a
  3. #8ade48

Tetradic

  1. #488ade
  2. #9c48de
  3. #de9c48
  4. #8ade48

Square

  1. #488ade
  2. #de48d5
  3. #de9c48
  4. #48de51

Monochromatic

  1. #164177
  2. #2164b8
  3. #488ade
  4. #89b3ea
  5. #caddf5

Shades

#488ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #488ade
  2. #417cc8
  3. #3a6eb2
  4. #32619b
  5. #2b5385
  6. #24456f
  7. #1d3759
  8. #162943
  9. #0e1c2c
  10. #070e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#488ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #488ade
  2. #5a96e1
  3. #6da1e5
  4. #7fade8
  5. #91b9eb
  6. #a4c5ef
  7. #b6d0f2
  8. #c8dcf5
  9. #dae8f8
  10. #edf3fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#488ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #488ade
  2. #4e89d5
  3. #5388cb
  4. #5987c2
  5. #5e86b8
  6. #6485af
  7. #6a84a6
  8. #6f839c
  9. #758293
  10. #7a8189
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7489b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6490e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e82dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009da9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5a8ee0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4c85dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0096c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-488ade {
  color: #488ade;
}
Background
.bg-488ade {
  background-color: #488ade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-488ade {
  border: 2px solid #488ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #488ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 138 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 69% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-488ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #488ade, #5148de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-488ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 138 222 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 2.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.75 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.00 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 5.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 5.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 6.16 #b77521 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#488ade  rgb(72, 138, 222)  hsl(214, 69%, 58%)  Bleu de France
#de9c48  rgb(222, 156, 72)  hsl(34, 69%, 58%)  Indian Yellow
#de488a  rgb(222, 72, 138)  hsl(334, 69%, 58%)  French Rose
#8ade48  rgb(138, 222, 72)  hsl(94, 69%, 58%)  Inchworm