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#249FED

#249fed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#249fed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.12% red, 62.35% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.81% cyan, 32.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 203.28°, with 84.81% saturation and 53.53% 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 7.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.84.

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Relative luminance0.3129

Complementary

  1. #249fed
  2. #ed7224

Split complementary

  1. #249fed
  2. #ed243b
  3. #edd624

Analogous

  1. #24edd6
  2. #249fed
  3. #243bed

Triadic

  1. #249fed
  2. #ed249f
  3. #9fed24

Tetradic

  1. #249fed
  2. #7224ed
  3. #ed7224
  4. #9fed24

Square

  1. #249fed
  2. #d624ed
  3. #ed7224
  4. #3bed24

Monochromatic

  1. #09476f
  2. #0f75b6
  3. #249fed
  4. #6bbef3
  5. #b1ddf9

Shades

#249fed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #249fed
  2. #208fd5
  3. #1d7fbe
  4. #196fa6
  5. #165f8e
  6. #125077
  7. #0e405f
  8. #0b3047
  9. #07202f
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#249fed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #249fed
  2. #3aa9ef
  3. #50b2f1
  4. #66bcf2
  5. #7cc5f4
  6. #92cff6
  7. #a7d9f8
  8. #bde2fa
  9. #d3ecfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#249fed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #249fed
  2. #2d9ce2
  3. #3699d7
  4. #4096cc
  5. #4993c1
  6. #5290b7
  7. #5b8cac
  8. #6489a1
  9. #6e8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa1f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e90ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #63a0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d96ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-249fed {
  color: #249fed;
}
Background
.bg-249fed {
  background-color: #249fed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-249fed {
  border: 2px solid #249fed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #249fed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 159 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-249fed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #249fed, #243bed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-249fed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 159 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.84 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.63 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.31 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.44 #db6012 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#249fed  rgb(36, 159, 237)  hsl(203, 85%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7224  rgb(237, 114, 36)  hsl(23, 85%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ed249f  rgb(237, 36, 159)  hsl(323, 85%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9fed24  rgb(159, 237, 36)  hsl(83, 85%, 54%)  Spring Bud