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#169EE2

#169ee2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#169ee2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 61.96% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.27% cyan, 30.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 82.26% saturation and 48.63% 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 3.76.

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Relative luminance0.3012

Complementary

  1. #169ee2
  2. #e25a16

Split complementary

  1. #169ee2
  2. #e21638
  3. #e2c016

Analogous

  1. #16e2c0
  2. #169ee2
  3. #1638e2

Triadic

  1. #169ee2
  2. #e2169e
  3. #9ee216

Tetradic

  1. #169ee2
  2. #5a16e2
  3. #e25a16
  4. #9ee216

Square

  1. #169ee2
  2. #c016e2
  3. #e25a16
  4. #38e216

Monochromatic

  1. #083d57
  2. #0f6d9c
  3. #169ee2
  4. #56bcef
  5. #9cd7f5

Shades

#169ee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #169ee2
  2. #148ecb
  3. #127eb5
  4. #0f6f9e
  5. #0d5f88
  6. #0b4f71
  7. #093f5a
  8. #072f44
  9. #04202d
  10. #021017
  11. #000000

Tints

#169ee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #169ee2
  2. #2da8e5
  3. #45b1e8
  4. #5cbbeb
  5. #73c5ee
  6. #8bcff1
  7. #a2d8f3
  8. #b9e2f6
  9. #d0ecf9
  10. #e8f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#169ee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #169ee2
  2. #219bd8
  3. #2b98ce
  4. #3695c5
  5. #4092bb
  6. #4b8fb1
  7. #568ca7
  8. #60899d
  9. #6b8694
  10. #75838a
  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 #7799b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9fe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #638de1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649ee4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f94e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-169ee2 {
  color: #169ee2;
}
Background
.bg-169ee2 {
  background-color: #169ee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-169ee2 {
  border: 2px solid #169ee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #169ee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 158 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 82% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-169ee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #169ee2, #1638e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-169ee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 158 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.26 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.78 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.80 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.05 #e9611d Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#169ee2  rgb(22, 158, 226)  hsl(200, 82%, 49%)  Carolina Blue
#e25a16  rgb(226, 90, 22)  hsl(20, 82%, 49%)  Persimmon
#e2169e  rgb(226, 22, 158)  hsl(320, 82%, 49%)  Mulberry
#9ee216  rgb(158, 226, 22)  hsl(80, 82%, 49%)  Inchworm