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#009DEB

#009deb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#009deb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 61.57% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 33.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 199.91°, with 100% saturation and 46.08% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.27.

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Relative luminance0.3011

Complementary

  1. #009deb
  2. #eb4e00

Split complementary

  1. #009deb
  2. #eb0028
  3. #ebc300

Analogous

  1. #00ebc3
  2. #009deb
  3. #0028eb

Triadic

  1. #009deb
  2. #eb009d
  3. #9deb00

Tetradic

  1. #009deb
  2. #4e00eb
  3. #eb4e00
  4. #9deb00

Square

  1. #009deb
  2. #c300eb
  3. #eb4e00
  4. #28eb00

Monochromatic

  1. #003752
  2. #006a9f
  3. #009deb
  4. #39bdff
  5. #85d7ff

Shades

#009deb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #009deb
  2. #008dd4
  3. #007ebc
  4. #006ea5
  5. #005e8d
  6. #004f76
  7. #003f5e
  8. #002f47
  9. #001f2f
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#009deb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #009deb
  2. #1aa7ed
  3. #33b1ef
  4. #4dbaf1
  5. #66c4f3
  6. #80cef5
  7. #99d8f7
  8. #b3e2f9
  9. #ccebfb
  10. #e6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#009deb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #009deb
  2. #0d9ae0
  3. #1a97d6
  4. #2694cb
  5. #3391c0
  6. #408fb6
  7. #4d8cab
  8. #5a89a0
  9. #668695
  10. #73838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7698be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #779fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #598dea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e9eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4694ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-009deb {
  color: #009deb;
}
Background
.bg-009deb {
  background-color: #009deb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-009deb {
  border: 2px solid #009deb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #009deb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 157 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-009deb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009deb, #0028eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-009deb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 157 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.27 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.98 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.11 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.35 #ff6214 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#009deb  rgb(0, 157, 235)  hsl(200, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#eb4e00  rgb(235, 78, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 46%)  Persimmon
#eb009d  rgb(235, 0, 157)  hsl(320, 100%, 46%)  Persian Rose
#9deb00  rgb(157, 235, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud