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#259DEE

#259dee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259dee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 61.57% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.45% cyan, 34.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 204.18°, with 85.53% saturation and 53.92% 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 Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.08.

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Relative luminance0.3068

Complementary

  1. #259dee
  2. #ee7625

Split complementary

  1. #259dee
  2. #ee2538
  3. #eeda25

Analogous

  1. #25eeda
  2. #259dee
  3. #2538ee

Triadic

  1. #259dee
  2. #ee259d
  3. #9dee25

Tetradic

  1. #259dee
  2. #7625ee
  3. #ee7625
  4. #9dee25

Square

  1. #259dee
  2. #da25ee
  3. #ee7625
  4. #38ee25

Monochromatic

  1. #094771
  2. #0e74b8
  3. #259dee
  4. #6cbdf4
  5. #b3ddf9

Shades

#259dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259dee
  2. #218dd6
  3. #1e7ebe
  4. #1a6ea7
  5. #165e8f
  6. #134f77
  7. #0f3f5f
  8. #0b2f47
  9. #071f30
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#259dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259dee
  2. #3ba7f0
  3. #51b1f1
  4. #66baf3
  5. #7cc4f5
  6. #92cef7
  7. #a8d8f8
  8. #bee2fa
  9. #d3ebfc
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259dee
  2. #2e9ae3
  3. #3797d8
  4. #4094cd
  5. #4991c2
  6. #538fb7
  7. #5c8cac
  8. #6589a1
  9. #6e8696
  10. #77838b
  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 #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7999c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a0f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a8eec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #609ff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a95ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259dee {
  color: #259dee;
}
Background
.bg-259dee {
  background-color: #259dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259dee {
  border: 2px solid #259dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 157 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259dee, #2538ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 157 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.75 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.73 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.65 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.26 #da6211 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259dee  rgb(37, 157, 238)  hsl(204, 86%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7625  rgb(238, 118, 37)  hsl(24, 86%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ee259d  rgb(238, 37, 157)  hsl(324, 86%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9dee25  rgb(157, 238, 37)  hsl(84, 86%, 54%)  Spring Bud