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#259DF4

#259df4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259df4 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 95.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.84% cyan, 35.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 205.22°, with 90.39% saturation and 55.1% 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 7.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.51.

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Relative luminance0.3104

Complementary

  1. #259df4
  2. #f47c25

Split complementary

  1. #259df4
  2. #f42536
  3. #f4e425

Analogous

  1. #25f4e4
  2. #259df4
  3. #2536f4

Triadic

  1. #259df4
  2. #f4259d
  3. #9df425

Tetradic

  1. #259df4
  2. #7c25f4
  3. #f47c25
  4. #9df425

Square

  1. #259df4
  2. #e425f4
  3. #f47c25
  4. #36f425

Monochromatic

  1. #06497a
  2. #0a75c3
  3. #259df4
  4. #6ebef8
  5. #b7defb

Shades

#259df4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259df4
  2. #218ddc
  3. #1e7ec3
  4. #1a6eab
  5. #165e92
  6. #134f7a
  7. #0f3f62
  8. #0b2f49
  9. #071f31
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#259df4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259df4
  2. #3ba7f5
  3. #51b1f6
  4. #66baf7
  5. #7cc4f8
  6. #92cefa
  7. #a8d8fb
  8. #bee2fc
  9. #d3ebfd
  10. #e9f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259df4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259df4
  2. #2e9ae8
  3. #3797dd
  4. #4094d1
  5. #4991c6
  6. #538fba
  7. #5c8cae
  8. #6589a3
  9. #6e8697
  10. #77838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9ac3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a1f8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #558ff2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e9ff6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4695f3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aad5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259df4 {
  color: #259df4;
}
Background
.bg-259df4 {
  background-color: #259df4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259df4 {
  border: 2px solid #259df4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259df4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 157 244;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 90% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259df4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259df4, #2536f4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259df4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 157 244 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.73 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.18 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.12 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.48 #da620b Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259df4  rgb(37, 157, 244)  hsl(205, 90%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#f47c25  rgb(244, 124, 37)  hsl(25, 90%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#f4259d  rgb(244, 37, 157)  hsl(325, 90%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9df425  rgb(157, 244, 37)  hsl(85, 90%, 55%)  Spring Bud