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#219FFD

#219ffd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#219ffd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 62.35% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.96% cyan, 37.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 205.64°, with 98.21% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.3221

Complementary

  1. #219ffd
  2. #fd7f21

Split complementary

  1. #219ffd
  2. #fd2131
  3. #fded21

Analogous

  1. #21fded
  2. #219ffd
  3. #2131fd

Triadic

  1. #219ffd
  2. #fd219f
  3. #9ffd21

Tetradic

  1. #219ffd
  2. #7f21fd
  3. #fd7f21
  4. #9ffd21

Square

  1. #219ffd
  2. #ed21fd
  3. #fd7f21
  4. #31fd21

Monochromatic

  1. #014c84
  2. #0278d0
  3. #219ffd
  4. #6dc0fe
  5. #b9e1fe

Shades

#219ffd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #219ffd
  2. #1e8fe4
  3. #1a7fca
  4. #176fb1
  5. #145f98
  6. #11507f
  7. #0d4065
  8. #0a304c
  9. #072033
  10. #031019
  11. #000000

Tints

#219ffd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #219ffd
  2. #37a9fd
  3. #4db2fd
  4. #64bcfe
  5. #7ac5fe
  6. #90cffe
  7. #a6d9fe
  8. #bce2fe
  9. #d3ecff
  10. #e9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#219ffd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #219ffd
  2. #2b9cf1
  3. #3499e4
  4. #3e96d8
  5. #4793cb
  6. #5190bf
  7. #5a8cb2
  8. #6489a6
  9. #6d8699
  10. #77838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9cc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #71a4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5091fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ba2ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4297fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00addc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-219ffd {
  color: #219ffd;
}
Background
.bg-219ffd {
  background-color: #219ffd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-219ffd {
  border: 2px solid #219ffd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #219ffd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 159 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 98% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-219ffd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #219ffd, #2131fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-219ffd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 159 253 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.32 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.33 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.47 #de6002 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#219ffd  rgb(33, 159, 253)  hsl(206, 98%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#fd7f21  rgb(253, 127, 33)  hsl(26, 98%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#fd219f  rgb(253, 33, 159)  hsl(326, 98%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9ffd21  rgb(159, 253, 33)  hsl(86, 98%, 56%)  Green Yellow