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#259BCB

#259bcb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#259bcb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 60.78% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.77% cyan, 23.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 197.35°, with 69.17% saturation and 47.06% 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 6.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.11.

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Relative luminance0.2815

Complementary

  1. #259bcb
  2. #cb5525

Split complementary

  1. #259bcb
  2. #cb2548
  3. #cba825

Analogous

  1. #25cba8
  2. #259bcb
  3. #2548cb

Triadic

  1. #259bcb
  2. #cb259b
  3. #9bcb25

Tetradic

  1. #259bcb
  2. #5525cb
  3. #cb5525
  4. #9bcb25

Square

  1. #259bcb
  2. #a825cb
  3. #cb5525
  4. #48cb25

Monochromatic

  1. #0d384a
  2. #196a8a
  3. #259bcb
  4. #5bbae1
  5. #9cd6ed

Shades

#259bcb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259bcb
  2. #218cb7
  3. #1e7ca2
  4. #1a6d8e
  5. #165d7a
  6. #134e66
  7. #0f3e51
  8. #0b2f3d
  9. #071f29
  10. #041014
  11. #000000

Tints

#259bcb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259bcb
  2. #3ba5d0
  3. #51afd5
  4. #66b9db
  5. #7cc3e0
  6. #92cde5
  7. #a8d7ea
  8. #bee1ef
  9. #d3ebf5
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259bcb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259bcb
  2. #2e98c4
  3. #3796bc
  4. #4093b5
  5. #4990ad
  6. #538ea6
  7. #5c8b9e
  8. #658897
  9. #6e858f
  10. #778388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7595ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8399cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d8aca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699acc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5991cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259bcb {
  color: #259bcb;
}
Background
.bg-259bcb {
  background-color: #259bcb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259bcb {
  border: 2px solid #259bcb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259bcb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 155 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 69% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259bcb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259bcb, #2548cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259bcb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 155 203 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.30 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.53 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.57 #da6434 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259bcb  rgb(37, 155, 203)  hsl(197, 69%, 47%)  Carolina Blue
#cb5525  rgb(203, 85, 37)  hsl(17, 69%, 47%)  Sinopia
#cb259b  rgb(203, 37, 155)  hsl(317, 69%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bcb25  rgb(155, 203, 37)  hsl(77, 69%, 47%)  Yellow Green