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#259AED

#259aed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259aed is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 60.39% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.39% cyan, 35.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 204.9°, with 84.75% 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 6.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.45.

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Relative luminance0.2962

Complementary

  1. #259aed
  2. #ed7825

Split complementary

  1. #259aed
  2. #ed2536
  3. #eddc25

Analogous

  1. #25eddc
  2. #259aed
  3. #2536ed

Triadic

  1. #259aed
  2. #ed259a
  3. #9aed25

Tetradic

  1. #259aed
  2. #7825ed
  3. #ed7825
  4. #9aed25

Square

  1. #259aed
  2. #dc25ed
  3. #ed7825
  4. #36ed25

Monochromatic

  1. #094570
  2. #0f71b6
  3. #259aed
  4. #6cbbf3
  5. #b2dbf9

Shades

#259aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259aed
  2. #218bd5
  3. #1e7bbe
  4. #1a6ca6
  5. #165c8e
  6. #134d77
  7. #0f3e5f
  8. #0b2e47
  9. #071f2f
  10. #040f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#259aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259aed
  2. #3ba4ef
  3. #51aef1
  4. #66b8f2
  5. #7cc2f4
  6. #92cdf6
  7. #a8d7f8
  8. #bee1fa
  9. #d3ebfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259aed
  2. #2e97e2
  3. #3795d7
  4. #4092cc
  5. #4990c1
  6. #538db7
  7. #5c8aac
  8. #6588a1
  9. #6e8596
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7796be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #729ef0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #558ceb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d9cef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4792ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259aed {
  color: #259aed;
}
Background
.bg-259aed {
  background-color: #259aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259aed {
  border: 2px solid #259aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 154 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259aed, #2536ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 154 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.24 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.46 #da6512 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259aed  rgb(37, 154, 237)  hsl(205, 85%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7825  rgb(237, 120, 37)  hsl(25, 85%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ed259a  rgb(237, 37, 154)  hsl(325, 85%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9aed25  rgb(154, 237, 37)  hsl(85, 85%, 54%)  Spring Bud