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#259AFF

#259aff ≈ Dodger Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259aff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.49% cyan, 39.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.8°, with 100% saturation and 57.25% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dodger Blue (#1e90ff), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.3072

Complementary

  1. #259aff
  2. #ff8a25

Split complementary

  1. #259aff
  2. #ff252d
  3. #fff725

Analogous

  1. #25fff7
  2. #259aff
  3. #252dff

Triadic

  1. #259aff
  2. #ff259a
  3. #9aff25

Tetradic

  1. #259aff
  2. #8a25ff
  3. #ff8a25
  4. #9aff25

Square

  1. #259aff
  2. #f725ff
  3. #ff8a25
  4. #2dff25

Monochromatic

  1. #004b8b
  2. #0074d7
  3. #259aff
  4. #71bdff
  5. #bee1ff

Shades

#259aff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259aff
  2. #218be6
  3. #1e7bcc
  4. #1a6cb3
  5. #165c99
  6. #134d80
  7. #0f3e66
  8. #0b2e4d
  9. #071f33
  10. #040f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#259aff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259aff
  2. #3ba4ff
  3. #51aeff
  4. #66b8ff
  5. #7cc2ff
  6. #92cdff
  7. #a8d7ff
  8. #bee1ff
  9. #d3ebff
  10. #e9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259aff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259aff
  2. #2e97f2
  3. #3795e6
  4. #4092d9
  5. #4990cc
  6. #538dc0
  7. #5c8ab3
  8. #6588a6
  9. #6e8599
  10. #77838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7998c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #68a1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #438efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #559eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3993fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259aff {
  color: #259aff;
}
Background
.bg-259aff {
  background-color: #259aff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259aff {
  border: 2px solid #259aff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259aff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 154 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 100% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259aff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259aff, #252dff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259aff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 154 255 / 0.35);
}

#1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.67 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.74 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.31 #da6500 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Dodger Blue
#259aff  rgb(37, 154, 255)  hsl(208, 100%, 57%)  Dodger Blue
#ff8a25  rgb(255, 138, 37)  hsl(28, 100%, 57%)  Dark Orange
#ff259a  rgb(255, 37, 154)  hsl(328, 100%, 57%)  Deep Pink
#9aff25  rgb(154, 255, 37)  hsl(88, 100%, 57%)  Green Yellow