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#259EFB

#259efb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259efb 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 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.26% cyan, 37.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 206.07°, with 96.4% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3181

Complementary

  1. #259efb
  2. #fb8225

Split complementary

  1. #259efb
  2. #fb2533
  3. #fbed25

Analogous

  1. #25fbed
  2. #259efb
  3. #2533fb

Triadic

  1. #259efb
  2. #fb259e
  3. #9efb25

Tetradic

  1. #259efb
  2. #8225fb
  3. #fb8225
  4. #9efb25

Square

  1. #259efb
  2. #ed25fb
  3. #fb8225
  4. #33fb25

Monochromatic

  1. #024c85
  2. #0477d0
  3. #259efb
  4. #70bffc
  5. #bbe1fe

Shades

#259efb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259efb
  2. #218ee2
  3. #1e7ec9
  4. #1a6fb0
  5. #165f97
  6. #134f7e
  7. #0f3f64
  8. #0b2f4b
  9. #072032
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#259efb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259efb
  2. #3ba8fb
  3. #51b1fc
  4. #66bbfc
  5. #7cc5fd
  6. #92cffd
  7. #a8d8fd
  8. #bee2fe
  9. #d3ecfe
  10. #e9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259efb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259efb
  2. #2e9bef
  3. #3798e2
  4. #4095d6
  5. #4992ca
  6. #538fbe
  7. #5c8cb1
  8. #6589a5
  9. #6e8699
  10. #77838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #71a3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5090f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ca1fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4396fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259efb {
  color: #259efb;
}
Background
.bg-259efb {
  background-color: #259efb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259efb {
  border: 2px solid #259efb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259efb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 158 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 96% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259efb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259efb, #2533fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259efb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 158 251 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.99 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.70 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.01 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.71 #da6104 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259efb  rgb(37, 158, 251)  hsl(206, 96%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#fb8225  rgb(251, 130, 37)  hsl(26, 96%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#fb259e  rgb(251, 37, 158)  hsl(326, 96%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9efb25  rgb(158, 251, 37)  hsl(86, 96%, 56%)  Green Yellow