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#249CEE

#249cee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#249cee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 61.18% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.87% cyan, 34.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 204.36°, with 85.59% saturation and 53.73% 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 7.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.22.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3033

Complementary

  1. #249cee
  2. #ee7624

Split complementary

  1. #249cee
  2. #ee2437
  3. #eedb24

Analogous

  1. #24eedb
  2. #249cee
  3. #2437ee

Triadic

  1. #249cee
  2. #ee249c
  3. #9cee24

Tetradic

  1. #249cee
  2. #7624ee
  3. #ee7624
  4. #9cee24

Square

  1. #249cee
  2. #db24ee
  3. #ee7624
  4. #37ee24

Monochromatic

  1. #094670
  2. #0e73b7
  3. #249cee
  4. #6bbcf4
  5. #b2dcf9

Shades

#249cee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #249cee
  2. #208cd6
  3. #1d7dbe
  4. #196da7
  5. #165e8f
  6. #124e77
  7. #0e3e5f
  8. #0b2f47
  9. #071f30
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#249cee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #249cee
  2. #3aa6f0
  3. #50b0f1
  4. #66baf3
  5. #7cc4f5
  6. #92cef7
  7. #a7d7f8
  8. #bde1fa
  9. #d3ebfc
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#249cee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #249cee
  2. #2d99e3
  3. #3696d8
  4. #4094cd
  5. #4991c2
  6. #528eb7
  7. #5b8bac
  8. #6488a1
  9. #6e8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7898bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #759ff1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #588eec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f9ef0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4894ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-249cee {
  color: #249cee;
}
Background
.bg-249cee {
  background-color: #249cee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-249cee {
  border: 2px solid #249cee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #249cee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 156 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-249cee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #249cee, #2437ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-249cee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 156 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.22 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.44 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.42 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.48 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.01 #db6311 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#249cee  rgb(36, 156, 238)  hsl(204, 86%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7624  rgb(238, 118, 36)  hsl(24, 86%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ee249c  rgb(238, 36, 156)  hsl(324, 86%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9cee24  rgb(156, 238, 36)  hsl(84, 86%, 54%)  Spring Bud