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#23AFFE

#23affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#23affe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.22% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.64°, with 99.1% saturation and 56.67% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.08.

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Relative luminance0.3817

Complementary

  1. #23affe
  2. #fe7223

Split complementary

  1. #23affe
  2. #fe2342
  3. #fedf23

Analogous

  1. #23fedf
  2. #23affe
  3. #2342fe

Triadic

  1. #23affe
  2. #fe23af
  3. #affe23

Tetradic

  1. #23affe
  2. #7223fe
  3. #fe7223
  4. #affe23

Square

  1. #23affe
  2. #df23fe
  3. #fe7223
  4. #42fe23

Monochromatic

  1. #015787
  2. #0188d4
  3. #23affe
  4. #6fcbfe
  5. #bbe6ff

Shades

#23affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #23affe
  2. #209ee5
  3. #1c8ccb
  4. #197bb2
  5. #156998
  6. #12587f
  7. #0e4666
  8. #0b354c
  9. #072333
  10. #041219
  11. #000000

Tints

#23affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #23affe
  2. #39b7fe
  3. #4fbffe
  4. #65c7fe
  5. #7bcffe
  6. #91d7ff
  7. #a7dfff
  8. #bde7ff
  9. #d3efff
  10. #e9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#23affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #23affe
  2. #2caaf1
  3. #36a6e5
  4. #3fa1d8
  5. #489ccc
  6. #5298bf
  7. #5b93b2
  8. #648ea6
  9. #6d8999
  10. #77858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6eb0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #57a5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-23affe {
  color: #23affe;
}
Background
.bg-23affe {
  background-color: #23affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-23affe {
  border: 2px solid #23affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #23affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 99% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-23affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #23affe, #2342fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-23affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.31 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.82 #dc5001 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#23affe  rgb(35, 175, 254)  hsl(202, 99%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7223  rgb(254, 114, 35)  hsl(22, 99%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fe23af  rgb(254, 35, 175)  hsl(322, 99%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#affe23  rgb(175, 254, 35)  hsl(82, 99%, 57%)  Green Yellow