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#239ACE

#239ace ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#239ace is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 60.39% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.01% cyan, 25.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 198.25°, with 70.95% saturation and 47.25% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.66.

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Relative luminance0.2792

Complementary

  1. #239ace
  2. #ce5723

Split complementary

  1. #239ace
  2. #ce2344
  3. #ceac23

Analogous

  1. #23ceac
  2. #239ace
  3. #2344ce

Triadic

  1. #239ace
  2. #ce239a
  3. #9ace23

Tetradic

  1. #239ace
  2. #5723ce
  3. #ce5723
  4. #9ace23

Square

  1. #239ace
  2. #ac23ce
  3. #ce5723
  4. #44ce23

Monochromatic

  1. #0d384b
  2. #18698d
  3. #239ace
  4. #5ab9e3
  5. #9cd5ee

Shades

#239ace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #239ace
  2. #208bb9
  3. #1c7ba5
  4. #196c90
  5. #155c7c
  6. #124d67
  7. #0e3e52
  8. #0b2e3e
  9. #071f29
  10. #040f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#239ace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #239ace
  2. #39a4d3
  3. #4faed8
  4. #65b8dd
  5. #7bc2e2
  6. #91cde7
  7. #a7d7eb
  8. #bde1f0
  9. #d3ebf5
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#239ace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #239ace
  2. #2c97c6
  3. #3695be
  4. #3f92b7
  5. #4890af
  6. #528da7
  7. #5b8a9f
  8. #648897
  9. #6d8590
  10. #778388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7494ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8099d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a89cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6799cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5690ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-239ace {
  color: #239ace;
}
Background
.bg-239ace {
  background-color: #239ace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-239ace {
  border: 2px solid #239ace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #239ace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 154 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 71% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-239ace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #239ace, #2344ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-239ace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 154 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.10 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.10 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.50 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.52 #dc6531 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#239ace  rgb(35, 154, 206)  hsl(198, 71%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#ce5723  rgb(206, 87, 35)  hsl(18, 71%, 47%)  Flame
#ce239a  rgb(206, 35, 154)  hsl(318, 71%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ace23  rgb(154, 206, 35)  hsl(78, 71%, 47%)  Yellow Green