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#209AEA

#209aea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#209aea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.55% red, 60.39% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.32% cyan, 34.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.76°, with 82.79% saturation and 52.16% 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 6.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.32.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.2936

Complementary

  1. #209aea
  2. #ea7020

Split complementary

  1. #209aea
  2. #ea2035
  3. #ead520

Analogous

  1. #20ead5
  2. #209aea
  3. #2035ea

Triadic

  1. #209aea
  2. #ea209a
  3. #9aea20

Tetradic

  1. #209aea
  2. #7020ea
  3. #ea7020
  4. #9aea20

Square

  1. #209aea
  2. #d520ea
  3. #ea7020
  4. #35ea20

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4267
  2. #106fad
  3. #209aea
  4. #66baf1
  5. #acd9f7

Shades

#209aea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #209aea
  2. #1d8bd3
  3. #1a7bbb
  4. #166ca4
  5. #135c8c
  6. #104d75
  7. #0d3e5e
  8. #0a2e46
  9. #061f2f
  10. #030f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#209aea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #209aea
  2. #36a4ec
  3. #4daeee
  4. #63b8f0
  5. #79c2f2
  6. #90cdf5
  7. #a6d7f7
  8. #bce1f9
  9. #d2ebfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#209aea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #209aea
  2. #2a97df
  3. #3395d5
  4. #3d92ca
  5. #4690c0
  6. #508db5
  7. #5a8aaa
  8. #6388a0
  9. #6d8595
  10. #76838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7696bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #578ce8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d9cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4792e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-209aea {
  color: #209aea;
}
Background
.bg-209aea {
  background-color: #209aea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-209aea {
  border: 2px solid #209aea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #209aea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 32 154 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-209aea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #209aea, #2035ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-209aea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(32 154 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.38 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.19 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.43 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.63 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.38 #df6515 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#209aea  rgb(32, 154, 234)  hsl(204, 83%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7020  rgb(234, 112, 32)  hsl(24, 83%, 52%)  Pumpkin
#ea209a  rgb(234, 32, 154)  hsl(324, 83%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#9aea20  rgb(154, 234, 32)  hsl(84, 83%, 52%)  Spring Bud