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#259EF8

#259ef8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259ef8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 61.96% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.08% cyan, 36.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 205.59°, with 93.78% saturation and 55.88% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.71.

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Relative luminance0.3162

Complementary

  1. #259ef8
  2. #f87f25

Split complementary

  1. #259ef8
  2. #f82534
  3. #f8e825

Analogous

  1. #25f8e8
  2. #259ef8
  3. #2534f8

Triadic

  1. #259ef8
  2. #f8259e
  3. #9ef825

Tetradic

  1. #259ef8
  2. #7f25f8
  3. #f87f25
  4. #9ef825

Square

  1. #259ef8
  2. #e825f8
  3. #f87f25
  4. #34f825

Monochromatic

  1. #044b80
  2. #0677ca
  3. #259ef8
  4. #6fbffa
  5. #b9e0fd

Shades

#259ef8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259ef8
  2. #218edf
  3. #1e7ec6
  4. #1a6fae
  5. #165f95
  6. #134f7c
  7. #0f3f63
  8. #0b2f4a
  9. #072032
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#259ef8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259ef8
  2. #3ba8f9
  3. #51b1f9
  4. #66bbfa
  5. #7cc5fb
  6. #92cffc
  7. #a8d8fc
  8. #bee2fd
  9. #d3ecfe
  10. #e9f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259ef8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259ef8
  2. #2e9bec
  3. #3798e0
  4. #4095d4
  5. #4992c8
  6. #538fbc
  7. #5c8cb0
  8. #6589a4
  9. #6e8698
  10. #77838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a3fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5390f6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5da1fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4596f7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259ef8 {
  color: #259ef8;
}
Background
.bg-259ef8 {
  background-color: #259ef8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259ef8 {
  border: 2px solid #259ef8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259ef8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 158 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 94% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259ef8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259ef8, #2534f8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259ef8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 158 248 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.19 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.68 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.03 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.71 #da6107 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259ef8  rgb(37, 158, 248)  hsl(206, 94%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#f87f25  rgb(248, 127, 37)  hsl(26, 94%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#f8259e  rgb(248, 37, 158)  hsl(326, 94%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9ef825  rgb(158, 248, 37)  hsl(86, 94%, 56%)  Spring Bud