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#009FE1

#009fe1 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#009fe1 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 62.35% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 29.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 197.6°, with 100% saturation and 44.12% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.11.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3023

Complementary

  1. #009fe1
  2. #e14200

Split complementary

  1. #009fe1
  2. #e1002f
  3. #e1b300

Analogous

  1. #00e1b3
  2. #009fe1
  3. #002fe1

Triadic

  1. #009fe1
  2. #e1009f
  3. #9fe100

Tetradic

  1. #009fe1
  2. #4200e1
  3. #e14200
  4. #9fe100

Square

  1. #009fe1
  2. #b300e1
  3. #e14200
  4. #2fe100

Monochromatic

  1. #003348
  2. #006995
  3. #009fe1
  4. #2fc2ff
  5. #7bd8ff

Shades

#009fe1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #009fe1
  2. #008fcb
  3. #007fb4
  4. #006f9e
  5. #005f87
  6. #005071
  7. #00405a
  8. #003044
  9. #00202d
  10. #001017
  11. #000000

Tints

#009fe1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #009fe1
  2. #1aa9e4
  3. #33b2e7
  4. #4dbcea
  5. #66c5ed
  6. #80cff0
  7. #99d9f3
  8. #b3e2f6
  9. #ccecf9
  10. #e6f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#009fe1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #009fe1
  2. #0d9cd7
  3. #1a99ce
  4. #2696c4
  5. #3393ba
  6. #4090b1
  7. #4d8ca7
  8. #5a899d
  9. #668693
  10. #73838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7699b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9fe4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648ee0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649fe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e95e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-009fe1 {
  color: #009fe1;
}
Background
.bg-009fe1 {
  background-color: #009fe1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-009fe1 {
  border: 2px solid #009fe1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #009fe1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 159 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-009fe1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009fe1, #002fe1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-009fe1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 159 225 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.07 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.26 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.08 #ff601e Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#009fe1  rgb(0, 159, 225)  hsl(198, 100%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#e14200  rgb(225, 66, 0)  hsl(18, 100%, 44%)  Flame
#e1009f  rgb(225, 0, 159)  hsl(318, 100%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fe100  rgb(159, 225, 0)  hsl(78, 100%, 44%)  Yellow Green