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#249EDF

#249edf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#249edf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 61.96% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.86% cyan, 29.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 200.86°, with 74.5% saturation and 50.78% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.38.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3016

Complementary

  1. #249edf
  2. #df6524

Split complementary

  1. #249edf
  2. #df2440
  3. #dfc324

Analogous

  1. #24dfc3
  2. #249edf
  3. #2440df

Triadic

  1. #249edf
  2. #df249e
  3. #9edf24

Tetradic

  1. #249edf
  2. #6524df
  3. #df6524
  4. #9edf24

Square

  1. #249edf
  2. #c324df
  3. #df6524
  4. #40df24

Monochromatic

  1. #0e415c
  2. #17709f
  3. #249edf
  4. #67bce9
  5. #a9d9f3

Shades

#249edf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #249edf
  2. #208ec9
  3. #1d7eb2
  4. #196f9c
  5. #165f86
  6. #124f70
  7. #0e3f59
  8. #0b2f43
  9. #07202d
  10. #041016
  11. #000000

Tints

#249edf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #249edf
  2. #3aa8e2
  3. #50b1e5
  4. #66bbe9
  5. #7cc5ec
  6. #92cfef
  7. #a7d8f2
  8. #bde2f5
  9. #d3ecf9
  10. #e9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#249edf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #249edf
  2. #2d9bd6
  3. #3698cc
  4. #4095c3
  5. #4992b9
  6. #528fb0
  7. #5b8ca6
  8. #64899d
  9. #6e8693
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7899b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ee2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #668ede ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669ee1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5395de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-249edf {
  color: #249edf;
}
Background
.bg-249edf {
  background-color: #249edf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-249edf {
  border: 2px solid #249edf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #249edf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 158 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 75% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-249edf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #249edf, #2440df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-249edf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 158 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.10 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.21 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.56 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.74 #db6120 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#249edf  rgb(36, 158, 223)  hsl(201, 75%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#df6524  rgb(223, 101, 36)  hsl(21, 75%, 51%)  Persimmon
#df249e  rgb(223, 36, 158)  hsl(321, 75%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9edf24  rgb(158, 223, 36)  hsl(81, 75%, 51%)  Yellow Green