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#249BD0

#249bd0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#249bd0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 60.78% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.69% cyan, 25.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 198.49°, with 70.49% saturation and 47.84% 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 6.67:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.38.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2837

Complementary

  1. #249bd0
  2. #d05924

Split complementary

  1. #249bd0
  2. #d02445
  3. #d0af24

Analogous

  1. #24d0af
  2. #249bd0
  3. #2445d0

Triadic

  1. #249bd0
  2. #d0249b
  3. #9bd024

Tetradic

  1. #249bd0
  2. #5924d0
  3. #d05924
  4. #9bd024

Square

  1. #249bd0
  2. #af24d0
  3. #d05924
  4. #45d024

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3a4e
  2. #196a8f
  3. #249bd0
  4. #5dbae3
  5. #9fd6ee

Shades

#249bd0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #249bd0
  2. #208cbb
  3. #1d7ca6
  4. #196d92
  5. #165d7d
  6. #124e68
  7. #0e3e53
  8. #0b2f3e
  9. #071f2a
  10. #041015
  11. #000000

Tints

#249bd0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #249bd0
  2. #3aa5d5
  3. #50afd9
  4. #66b9de
  5. #7cc3e3
  6. #92cde8
  7. #a7d7ec
  8. #bde1f1
  9. #d3ebf6
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#249bd0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #249bd0
  2. #2d98c8
  3. #3696c0
  4. #4093b8
  5. #4990b0
  6. #528ea8
  7. #5b8ba0
  8. #648898
  9. #6e8590
  10. #778388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.67:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7595ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819ad2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a8acf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689ad1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5691cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-249bd0 {
  color: #249bd0;
}
Background
.bg-249bd0 {
  background-color: #249bd0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-249bd0 {
  border: 2px solid #249bd0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #249bd0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 155 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 70% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-249bd0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #249bd0, #2445d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-249bd0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 155 208 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.38 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.86 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.40 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.01 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.46 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.71 #db642f Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#249bd0  rgb(36, 155, 208)  hsl(198, 70%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#d05924  rgb(208, 89, 36)  hsl(18, 70%, 48%)  Flame
#d0249b  rgb(208, 36, 155)  hsl(318, 70%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bd024  rgb(155, 208, 36)  hsl(78, 70%, 48%)  Yellow Green