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#259BEF

#259bef ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259bef is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 60.78% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.52% cyan, 35.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 204.95°, with 86.32% 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 7.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.42.

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Relative luminance0.3007

Complementary

  1. #259bef
  2. #ef7925

Split complementary

  1. #259bef
  2. #ef2536
  3. #efde25

Analogous

  1. #25efde
  2. #259bef
  3. #2536ef

Triadic

  1. #259bef
  2. #ef259b
  3. #9bef25

Tetradic

  1. #259bef
  2. #7925ef
  3. #ef7925
  4. #9bef25

Square

  1. #259bef
  2. #de25ef
  3. #ef7925
  4. #36ef25

Monochromatic

  1. #084673
  2. #0e72ba
  3. #259bef
  4. #6cbcf4
  5. #b4dcf9

Shades

#259bef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259bef
  2. #218cd7
  3. #1e7cbf
  4. #1a6da7
  5. #165d8f
  6. #134e78
  7. #0f3e60
  8. #0b2f48
  9. #071f30
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#259bef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259bef
  2. #3ba5f1
  3. #51aff2
  4. #66b9f4
  5. #7cc3f5
  6. #92cdf7
  7. #a8d7f9
  8. #bee1fa
  9. #d3ebfc
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259bef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259bef
  2. #2e98e4
  3. #3796d9
  4. #4093ce
  5. #4990c3
  6. #538eb8
  7. #5c8bac
  8. #6588a1
  9. #6e8596
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7897c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739ff3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #568ded ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5d9df1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4793ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259bef {
  color: #259bef;
}
Background
.bg-259bef {
  background-color: #259bef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259bef {
  border: 2px solid #259bef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259bef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 155 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259bef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259bef, #2536ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259bef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 155 239 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.42 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.94 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.01 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.10 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.79 #da6410 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259bef  rgb(37, 155, 239)  hsl(205, 86%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ef7925  rgb(239, 121, 37)  hsl(25, 86%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ef259b  rgb(239, 37, 155)  hsl(325, 86%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9bef25  rgb(155, 239, 37)  hsl(85, 86%, 54%)  Spring Bud