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#259EFD

#259efd ≈ Dodger Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259efd 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 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.38% cyan, 37.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 206.39°, with 98.18% saturation and 56.86% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dodger Blue (#1e90ff), ΔE 4.87.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3194

Complementary

  1. #259efd
  2. #fd8425

Split complementary

  1. #259efd
  2. #fd2532
  3. #fdf025

Analogous

  1. #25fdf0
  2. #259efd
  3. #2532fd

Triadic

  1. #259efd
  2. #fd259e
  3. #9efd25

Tetradic

  1. #259efd
  2. #8425fd
  3. #fd8425
  4. #9efd25

Square

  1. #259efd
  2. #f025fd
  3. #fd8425
  4. #32fd25

Monochromatic

  1. #014d88
  2. #0277d4
  3. #259efd
  4. #71c0fe
  5. #bde1fe

Shades

#259efd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259efd
  2. #218ee4
  3. #1e7eca
  4. #1a6fb1
  5. #165f98
  6. #134f7f
  7. #0f3f65
  8. #0b2f4c
  9. #072033
  10. #041019
  11. #000000

Tints

#259efd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259efd
  2. #3ba8fd
  3. #51b1fd
  4. #66bbfe
  5. #7cc5fe
  6. #92cffe
  7. #a8d8fe
  8. #bee2fe
  9. #d3ecff
  10. #e9f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259efd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259efd
  2. #2e9bf1
  3. #3798e4
  4. #4095d8
  5. #4992cb
  6. #538fbf
  7. #5c8cb2
  8. #6589a6
  9. #6e8699
  10. #77838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9bc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #70a3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4e91fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5ba1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4296fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259efd {
  color: #259efd;
}
Background
.bg-259efd {
  background-color: #259efd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259efd {
  border: 2px solid #259efd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259efd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 158 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 98% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259efd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259efd, #2532fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259efd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 158 253 / 0.35);
}

#1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.71 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.90 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.66 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.71 #da6102 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Dodger Blue
#259efd  rgb(37, 158, 253)  hsl(206, 98%, 57%)  Dodger Blue
#fd8425  rgb(253, 132, 37)  hsl(26, 98%, 57%)  Cadmium Orange
#fd259e  rgb(253, 37, 158)  hsl(326, 98%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#9efd25  rgb(158, 253, 37)  hsl(86, 98%, 57%)  Green Yellow