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#239BEE

#239bee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#239bee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 60.78% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.29% cyan, 34.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 204.53°, with 85.65% saturation and 53.53% 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 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.37.

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Relative luminance0.2997

Complementary

  1. #239bee
  2. #ee7623

Split complementary

  1. #239bee
  2. #ee2336
  3. #eedb23

Analogous

  1. #23eedb
  2. #239bee
  3. #2336ee

Triadic

  1. #239bee
  2. #ee239b
  3. #9bee23

Tetradic

  1. #239bee
  2. #7623ee
  3. #ee7623
  4. #9bee23

Square

  1. #239bee
  2. #db23ee
  3. #ee7623
  4. #36ee23

Monochromatic

  1. #09456f
  2. #0e72b6
  3. #239bee
  4. #6abbf3
  5. #b1dcf9

Shades

#239bee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #239bee
  2. #208cd6
  3. #1c7cbe
  4. #196da7
  5. #155d8f
  6. #124e77
  7. #0e3e5f
  8. #0b2f47
  9. #071f30
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#239bee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #239bee
  2. #39a5f0
  3. #4faff1
  4. #65b9f3
  5. #7bc3f5
  6. #91cdf7
  7. #a7d7f8
  8. #bde1fa
  9. #d3ebfc
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#239bee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #239bee
  2. #2c98e3
  3. #3696d8
  4. #3f93cd
  5. #4890c2
  6. #528eb7
  7. #5b8bac
  8. #6488a1
  9. #6d8596
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7897bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739ff1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #568dec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d9df0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4793ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-239bee {
  color: #239bee;
}
Background
.bg-239bee {
  background-color: #239bee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-239bee {
  border: 2px solid #239bee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #239bee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 155 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-239bee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #239bee, #2336ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-239bee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 155 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.13 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.30 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.76 #dc6411 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#239bee  rgb(35, 155, 238)  hsl(205, 86%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7623  rgb(238, 118, 35)  hsl(25, 86%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ee239b  rgb(238, 35, 155)  hsl(325, 86%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9bee23  rgb(155, 238, 35)  hsl(85, 86%, 54%)  Spring Bud