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#169FEF

#169fef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#169fef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 62.35% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.79% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 202.12°, with 87.15% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.312

Complementary

  1. #169fef
  2. #ef6616

Split complementary

  1. #169fef
  2. #ef1633
  3. #efd316

Analogous

  1. #16efd3
  2. #169fef
  3. #1633ef

Triadic

  1. #169fef
  2. #ef169f
  3. #9fef16

Tetradic

  1. #169fef
  2. #6616ef
  3. #ef6616
  4. #9fef16

Square

  1. #169fef
  2. #d316ef
  3. #ef6616
  4. #33ef16

Monochromatic

  1. #074265
  2. #0c71ad
  3. #169fef
  4. #5ebdf4
  5. #a5daf9

Shades

#169fef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #169fef
  2. #148fd7
  3. #127fbf
  4. #0f6fa7
  5. #0d5f8f
  6. #0b5078
  7. #094060
  8. #073048
  9. #042030
  10. #021018
  11. #000000

Tints

#169fef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #169fef
  2. #2da9f1
  3. #45b2f2
  4. #5cbcf4
  5. #73c5f5
  6. #8bcff7
  7. #a2d9f9
  8. #b9e2fa
  9. #d0ecfc
  10. #e8f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#169fef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #169fef
  2. #219ce4
  3. #2b99d9
  4. #3696ce
  5. #4093c3
  6. #4b90b8
  7. #568cac
  8. #6089a1
  9. #6b8696
  10. #75838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a2f2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8fee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a1f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4996ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-169fef {
  color: #169fef;
}
Background
.bg-169fef {
  background-color: #169fef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-169fef {
  border: 2px solid #169fef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #169fef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 159 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 87% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-169fef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #169fef, #1633ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-169fef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 159 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.70 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.42 #e96010 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#169fef  rgb(22, 159, 239)  hsl(202, 87%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#ef6616  rgb(239, 102, 22)  hsl(22, 87%, 51%)  Persimmon
#ef169f  rgb(239, 22, 159)  hsl(322, 87%, 51%)  Persian Rose
#9fef16  rgb(159, 239, 22)  hsl(82, 87%, 51%)  Spring Bud