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#249ACD

#249acd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#249acd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 60.39% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.44% cyan, 24.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.11°, with 70.12% saturation and 47.25% 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 6.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.75.

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Relative luminance0.2789

Complementary

  1. #249acd
  2. #cd5724

Split complementary

  1. #249acd
  2. #cd2445
  3. #cdab24

Analogous

  1. #24cdab
  2. #249acd
  3. #2445cd

Triadic

  1. #249acd
  2. #cd249a
  3. #9acd24

Tetradic

  1. #249acd
  2. #5724cd
  3. #cd5724
  4. #9acd24

Square

  1. #249acd
  2. #ab24cd
  3. #cd5724
  4. #45cd24

Monochromatic

  1. #0d384b
  2. #19698c
  3. #249acd
  4. #5bb9e2
  5. #9cd5ee

Shades

#249acd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #249acd
  2. #208bb9
  3. #1d7ba4
  4. #196c90
  5. #165c7b
  6. #124d67
  7. #0e3e52
  8. #0b2e3e
  9. #071f29
  10. #040f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#249acd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #249acd
  2. #3aa4d2
  3. #50aed7
  4. #66b8dc
  5. #7cc2e1
  6. #92cde6
  7. #a7d7eb
  8. #bde1f0
  9. #d3ebf5
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#249acd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #249acd
  2. #2d97c5
  3. #3695be
  4. #4092b6
  5. #4990ae
  6. #528da7
  7. #5b8a9f
  8. #648897
  9. #6e858f
  10. #778388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7494ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8199cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a89cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6899ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5790cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-249acd {
  color: #249acd;
}
Background
.bg-249acd {
  background-color: #249acd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-249acd {
  border: 2px solid #249acd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #249acd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 154 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 70% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-249acd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #249acd, #2445cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-249acd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 154 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.75 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.99 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.70 #db6532 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#249acd  rgb(36, 154, 205)  hsl(198, 70%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5724  rgb(205, 87, 36)  hsl(18, 70%, 47%)  Flame
#cd249a  rgb(205, 36, 154)  hsl(318, 70%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9acd24  rgb(154, 205, 36)  hsl(78, 70%, 47%)  Yellow Green