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#239FF3

#239ff3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#239ff3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 62.35% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.6% cyan, 34.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 204.23°, with 89.66% saturation and 54.51% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.26.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3162

Complementary

  1. #239ff3
  2. #f37723

Split complementary

  1. #239ff3
  2. #f32337
  3. #f3df23

Analogous

  1. #23f3df
  2. #239ff3
  3. #2337f3

Triadic

  1. #239ff3
  2. #f3239f
  3. #9ff323

Tetradic

  1. #239ff3
  2. #7723f3
  3. #f37723
  4. #9ff323

Square

  1. #239ff3
  2. #df23f3
  3. #f37723
  4. #37f323

Monochromatic

  1. #064977
  2. #0a76bf
  3. #239ff3
  4. #6cbff7
  5. #b4defb

Shades

#239ff3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #239ff3
  2. #208fdb
  3. #1c7fc2
  4. #196faa
  5. #155f92
  6. #12507a
  7. #0e4061
  8. #0b3049
  9. #072031
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#239ff3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #239ff3
  2. #39a9f4
  3. #4fb2f5
  4. #65bcf7
  5. #7bc5f8
  6. #91cff9
  7. #a7d9fa
  8. #bde2fb
  9. #d3ecfd
  10. #e9f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#239ff3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #239ff3
  2. #2c9ce8
  3. #3699dc
  4. #3f96d1
  5. #4893c5
  6. #5290ba
  7. #5b8cae
  8. #6489a3
  9. #6d8697
  10. #77838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a2f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5990f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #60a1f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4996f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-239ff3 {
  color: #239ff3;
}
Background
.bg-239ff3 {
  background-color: #239ff3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-239ff3 {
  border: 2px solid #239ff3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #239ff3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 159 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 90% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-239ff3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #239ff3, #2337f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-239ff3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 159 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.26 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.90 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.46 #dc600c Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#239ff3  rgb(35, 159, 243)  hsl(204, 90%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#f37723  rgb(243, 119, 35)  hsl(24, 90%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#f3239f  rgb(243, 35, 159)  hsl(324, 90%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9ff323  rgb(159, 243, 35)  hsl(84, 90%, 55%)  Spring Bud