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#169FF9

#169ff9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#169ff9 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 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.16% cyan, 36.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 203.79°, with 94.98% saturation and 53.14% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.75.

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Relative luminance0.3181

Complementary

  1. #169ff9
  2. #f97016

Split complementary

  1. #169ff9
  2. #f9162e
  3. #f9e216

Analogous

  1. #16f9e2
  2. #169ff9
  3. #162ef9

Triadic

  1. #169ff9
  2. #f9169f
  3. #9ff916

Tetradic

  1. #169ff9
  2. #7016f9
  3. #f97016
  4. #9ff916

Square

  1. #169ff9
  2. #e216f9
  3. #f97016
  4. #2ef916

Monochromatic

  1. #034773
  2. #0574be
  3. #169ff9
  4. #61befb
  5. #abdcfd

Shades

#169ff9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #169ff9
  2. #148fe0
  3. #127fc7
  4. #0f6fae
  5. #0d5f95
  6. #0b507d
  7. #094064
  8. #07304b
  9. #042032
  10. #021019
  11. #000000

Tints

#169ff9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #169ff9
  2. #2da9fa
  3. #45b2fa
  4. #5cbcfb
  5. #73c5fb
  6. #8bcffc
  7. #a2d9fd
  8. #b9e2fd
  9. #d0ecfe
  10. #e8f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#169ff9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #169ff9
  2. #219ced
  3. #2b99e1
  4. #3696d5
  5. #4093c9
  6. #4b90bd
  7. #568cb0
  8. #6089a4
  9. #6b8698
  10. #75838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a3fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5290f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ca2fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4296f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-169ff9 {
  color: #169ff9;
}
Background
.bg-169ff9 {
  background-color: #169ff9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-169ff9 {
  border: 2px solid #169ff9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #169ff9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 159 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 95% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-169ff9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #169ff9, #162ef9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-169ff9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 159 249 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.75 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.86 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.93 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.91 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.55 #e96006 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#169ff9  rgb(22, 159, 249)  hsl(204, 95%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#f97016  rgb(249, 112, 22)  hsl(24, 95%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#f9169f  rgb(249, 22, 159)  hsl(324, 95%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9ff916  rgb(159, 249, 22)  hsl(84, 95%, 53%)  Spring Bud