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#009EEB

#009eeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#009eeb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 61.96% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 32.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 199.66°, 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3045

Complementary

  1. #009eeb
  2. #eb4d00

Split complementary

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

Analogous

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

Triadic

  1. #009eeb
  2. #eb009e
  3. #9eeb00

Tetradic

  1. #009eeb
  2. #4d00eb
  3. #eb4d00
  4. #9eeb00

Square

  1. #009eeb
  2. #c300eb
  3. #eb4d00
  4. #28eb00

Monochromatic

  1. #003752
  2. #006b9f
  3. #009eeb
  4. #39beff
  5. #85d7ff

Shades

#009eeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #009eeb
  2. #008ed4
  3. #007ebc
  4. #006fa5
  5. #005f8d
  6. #004f76
  7. #003f5e
  8. #002f47
  9. #00202f
  10. #001018
  11. #000000

Tints

#009eeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #009eeb
  2. #1aa8ed
  3. #33b1ef
  4. #4dbbf1
  5. #66c5f3
  6. #80cff5
  7. #99d8f7
  8. #b3e2f9
  9. #ccecfb
  10. #e6f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#009eeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #009eeb
  2. #0d9be0
  3. #1a98d6
  4. #2695cb
  5. #3392c0
  6. #408fb6
  7. #4d8cab
  8. #5a89a0
  9. #668695
  10. #73838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a0ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f9fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4795ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-009eeb {
  color: #009eeb;
}
Background
.bg-009eeb {
  background-color: #009eeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-009eeb {
  border: 2px solid #009eeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #009eeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 158 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-009eeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009eeb, #0028eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-009eeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 158 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.55 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.32 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.34 #ff6114 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#009eeb  rgb(0, 158, 235)  hsl(200, 100%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#eb4d00  rgb(235, 77, 0)  hsl(20, 100%, 46%)  Tangelo
#eb009e  rgb(235, 0, 158)  hsl(320, 100%, 46%)  Persian Rose
#9eeb00  rgb(158, 235, 0)  hsl(80, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud