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#239EE6

#239ee6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#239ee6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 61.96% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.78% cyan, 31.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 202.15°, with 79.59% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.3052

Complementary

  1. #239ee6
  2. #e66b23

Split complementary

  1. #239ee6
  2. #e6233d
  3. #e6cc23

Analogous

  1. #23e6cc
  2. #239ee6
  3. #233de6

Triadic

  1. #239ee6
  2. #e6239e
  3. #9ee623

Tetradic

  1. #239ee6
  2. #6b23e6
  3. #e66b23
  4. #9ee623

Square

  1. #239ee6
  2. #cc23e6
  3. #e66b23
  4. #3de623

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4465
  2. #1372a9
  3. #239ee6
  4. #68bcee
  5. #acdbf6

Shades

#239ee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #239ee6
  2. #208ecf
  3. #1c7eb8
  4. #196fa1
  5. #155f8a
  6. #124f73
  7. #0e3f5c
  8. #0b2f45
  9. #07202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#239ee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #239ee6
  2. #39a8e9
  3. #4fb1eb
  4. #65bbee
  5. #7bc5f0
  6. #91cff3
  7. #a7d8f5
  8. #bde2f8
  9. #d3ecfa
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#239ee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #239ee6
  2. #2c9bdc
  3. #3698d2
  4. #3f95c7
  5. #4892bd
  6. #528fb3
  7. #5b8ca9
  8. #64899f
  9. #6d8694
  10. #77838a
  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 #7999bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ca0e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #618ee5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649fe8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f95e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-239ee6 {
  color: #239ee6;
}
Background
.bg-239ee6 {
  background-color: #239ee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-239ee6 {
  border: 2px solid #239ee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #239ee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 158 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 80% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-239ee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #239ee6, #233de6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-239ee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 158 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.33 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.79 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.20 #dc6119 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#239ee6  rgb(35, 158, 230)  hsl(202, 80%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#e66b23  rgb(230, 107, 35)  hsl(22, 80%, 52%)  Persimmon
#e6239e  rgb(230, 35, 158)  hsl(322, 80%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#9ee623  rgb(158, 230, 35)  hsl(82, 80%, 52%)  Inchworm