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#239FFC

#239ffc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#239ffc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.11% cyan, 36.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 97.31% saturation and 56.27% 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 4.94.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3218

Complementary

  1. #239ffc
  2. #fc8023

Split complementary

  1. #239ffc
  2. #fc2332
  3. #fcec23

Analogous

  1. #23fcec
  2. #239ffc
  3. #2332fc

Triadic

  1. #239ffc
  2. #fc239f
  3. #9ffc23

Tetradic

  1. #239ffc
  2. #8023fc
  3. #fc8023
  4. #9ffc23

Square

  1. #239ffc
  2. #ec23fc
  3. #fc8023
  4. #32fc23

Monochromatic

  1. #024c84
  2. #0378d0
  3. #239ffc
  4. #6ec0fd
  5. #bae1fe

Shades

#239ffc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #239ffc
  2. #208fe3
  3. #1c7fca
  4. #196fb0
  5. #155f97
  6. #12507e
  7. #0e4065
  8. #0b304c
  9. #072032
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#239ffc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #239ffc
  2. #39a9fc
  3. #4fb2fd
  4. #65bcfd
  5. #7bc5fd
  6. #91cffe
  7. #a7d9fe
  8. #bde2fe
  9. #d3ecfe
  10. #e9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#239ffc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #239ffc
  2. #2c9cf0
  3. #3699e3
  4. #3f96d7
  5. #4893ca
  6. #5290be
  7. #5b8cb2
  8. #6489a5
  9. #6d8699
  10. #77838c
  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 #7c9cc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #72a4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5191fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ca2fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4397fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00addb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-239ffc {
  color: #239ffc;
}
Background
.bg-239ffc {
  background-color: #239ffc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-239ffc {
  border: 2px solid #239ffc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #239ffc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 159 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 97% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-239ffc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #239ffc, #2332fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-239ffc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 159 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.33 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.31 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.07 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.46 #dc6003 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#239ffc  rgb(35, 159, 252)  hsl(206, 97%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#fc8023  rgb(252, 128, 35)  hsl(26, 97%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#fc239f  rgb(252, 35, 159)  hsl(326, 97%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9ffc23  rgb(159, 252, 35)  hsl(86, 97%, 56%)  Green Yellow