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#209DEC

#209dec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#209dec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.55% red, 61.57% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.44% cyan, 33.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 203.24°, with 84.3% saturation and 52.55% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.01.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3048

Complementary

  1. #209dec
  2. #ec6f20

Split complementary

  1. #209dec
  2. #ec2037
  3. #ecd520

Analogous

  1. #20ecd5
  2. #209dec
  3. #2037ec

Triadic

  1. #209dec
  2. #ec209d
  3. #9dec20

Tetradic

  1. #209dec
  2. #6f20ec
  3. #ec6f20
  4. #9dec20

Square

  1. #209dec
  2. #d520ec
  3. #ec6f20
  4. #37ec20

Monochromatic

  1. #09446a
  2. #0f72b0
  3. #209dec
  4. #66bcf2
  5. #addbf8

Shades

#209dec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #209dec
  2. #1d8dd4
  3. #1a7ebd
  4. #166ea5
  5. #135e8e
  6. #104f76
  7. #0d3f5e
  8. #0a2f47
  9. #061f2f
  10. #031018
  11. #000000

Tints

#209dec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #209dec
  2. #36a7ee
  3. #4db1f0
  4. #63baf2
  5. #79c4f4
  6. #90cef6
  7. #a6d8f7
  8. #bce2f9
  9. #d2ebfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#209dec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #209dec
  2. #2a9ae1
  3. #3397d6
  4. #3d94cc
  5. #4691c1
  6. #508fb6
  7. #5a8cab
  8. #6389a0
  9. #6d8696
  10. #76838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7899bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a0ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b8eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #609fee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a94eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-209dec {
  color: #209dec;
}
Background
.bg-209dec {
  background-color: #209dec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-209dec {
  border: 2px solid #209dec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #209dec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 32 157 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-209dec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #209dec, #2037ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-209dec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(32 157 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.05 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.11 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.23 #df6213 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#209dec  rgb(32, 157, 236)  hsl(203, 84%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ec6f20  rgb(236, 111, 32)  hsl(23, 84%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ec209d  rgb(236, 32, 157)  hsl(323, 84%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9dec20  rgb(157, 236, 32)  hsl(83, 84%, 53%)  Spring Bud