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#249FF0

#249ff0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#249ff0 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 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85% cyan, 33.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 203.82°, with 87.18% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.04.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3146

Complementary

  1. #249ff0
  2. #f07524

Split complementary

  1. #249ff0
  2. #f02439
  3. #f0db24

Analogous

  1. #24f0db
  2. #249ff0
  3. #2439f0

Triadic

  1. #249ff0
  2. #f0249f
  3. #9ff024

Tetradic

  1. #249ff0
  2. #7524f0
  3. #f07524
  4. #9ff024

Square

  1. #249ff0
  2. #db24f0
  3. #f07524
  4. #39f024

Monochromatic

  1. #084973
  2. #0d76bb
  3. #249ff0
  4. #6cbef5
  5. #b3defa

Shades

#249ff0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #249ff0
  2. #208fd8
  3. #1d7fc0
  4. #196fa8
  5. #165f90
  6. #125078
  7. #0e4060
  8. #0b3048
  9. #072030
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#249ff0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #249ff0
  2. #3aa9f2
  3. #50b2f3
  4. #66bcf5
  5. #7cc5f6
  6. #92cff8
  7. #a7d9f9
  8. #bde2fb
  9. #d3ecfc
  10. #e9f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#249ff0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #249ff0
  2. #2d9ce5
  3. #3699da
  4. #4096ce
  5. #4993c3
  6. #5290b8
  7. #5b8cad
  8. #6489a2
  9. #6e8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a2f3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c90ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a1f2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b96ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-249ff0 {
  color: #249ff0;
}
Background
.bg-249ff0 {
  background-color: #249ff0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-249ff0 {
  border: 2px solid #249ff0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #249ff0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 36 159 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 87% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-249ff0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #249ff0, #2439f0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-249ff0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(36 159 240 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.04 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.62 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.89 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.09 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.02 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.47 #db600f Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#249ff0  rgb(36, 159, 240)  hsl(204, 87%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#f07524  rgb(240, 117, 36)  hsl(24, 87%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#f0249f  rgb(240, 36, 159)  hsl(324, 87%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9ff024  rgb(159, 240, 36)  hsl(84, 87%, 54%)  Spring Bud