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#488EC6

#488ec6 ≈ Bleu de France

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#488ec6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 55.69% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.64% cyan, 28.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 206.67°, with 52.5% saturation and 52.94% 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 5.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bleu de France (#318ce7), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.248

Complementary

  1. #488ec6
  2. #c68048

Split complementary

  1. #488ec6
  2. #c6484f
  3. #c6bf48

Analogous

  1. #48c6bf
  2. #488ec6
  3. #484fc6

Triadic

  1. #488ec6
  2. #c6488e
  3. #8ec648

Tetradic

  1. #488ec6
  2. #8048c6
  3. #c68048
  4. #8ec648

Square

  1. #488ec6
  2. #bf48c6
  3. #c68048
  4. #4fc648

Monochromatic

  1. #1c3e59
  2. #2e6694
  3. #488ec6
  4. #82b2d8
  5. #bdd6ea

Shades

#488ec6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #488ec6
  2. #4180b2
  3. #3a729e
  4. #32638b
  5. #2b5577
  6. #244763
  7. #1d394f
  8. #162b3b
  9. #0e1c28
  10. #070e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#488ec6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #488ec6
  2. #5a99cc
  3. #6da5d1
  4. #7fb0d7
  5. #91bbdd
  6. #a4c7e3
  7. #b6d2e8
  8. #c8ddee
  9. #dae8f4
  10. #edf4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#488ec6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #488ec6
  2. #4e8dbf
  3. #538bb8
  4. #598ab1
  5. #5e88aa
  6. #6487a3
  7. #6a869c
  8. #6f8495
  9. #75838e
  10. #7a8187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #748ba5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #758fc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6483c5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009ba2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #668fc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a88c5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0696b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-488ec6 {
  color: #488ec6;
}
Background
.bg-488ec6 {
  background-color: #488ec6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-488ec6 {
  border: 2px solid #488ec6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #488ec6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 142 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 53% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-488ec6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #488ec6, #484fc6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-488ec6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 142 198 / 0.35);
}

#318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 3.70 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 4.43 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.40 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.60 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.76 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.93 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 6.37 #b77139 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Bleu de France
#488ec6  rgb(72, 142, 198)  hsl(207, 53%, 53%)  Bleu de France
#c68048  rgb(198, 128, 72)  hsl(27, 53%, 53%)  Peru
#c6488e  rgb(198, 72, 142)  hsl(327, 53%, 53%)  Mulberry
#8ec648  rgb(142, 198, 72)  hsl(87, 53%, 53%)  Yellow Green