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#259FF2

#259ff2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#259ff2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 62.35% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.71% cyan, 34.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 204.29°, with 88.74% saturation and 54.71% 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 4.18.

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Relative luminance0.316

Complementary

  1. #259ff2
  2. #f27825

Split complementary

  1. #259ff2
  2. #f22539
  3. #f2de25

Analogous

  1. #25f2de
  2. #259ff2
  3. #2539f2

Triadic

  1. #259ff2
  2. #f2259f
  3. #9ff225

Tetradic

  1. #259ff2
  2. #7825f2
  3. #f27825
  4. #9ff225

Square

  1. #259ff2
  2. #de25f2
  3. #f27825
  4. #39f225

Monochromatic

  1. #074a77
  2. #0b76bf
  3. #259ff2
  4. #6dbff6
  5. #b5dffb

Shades

#259ff2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259ff2
  2. #218fda
  3. #1e7fc2
  4. #1a6fa9
  5. #165f91
  6. #135079
  7. #0f4061
  8. #0b3049
  9. #072030
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#259ff2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259ff2
  2. #3ba9f3
  3. #51b2f5
  4. #66bcf6
  5. #7cc5f7
  6. #92cff9
  7. #a8d9fa
  8. #bee2fb
  9. #d3ecfc
  10. #e9f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259ff2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259ff2
  2. #2e9ce7
  3. #3799db
  4. #4096d0
  5. #4993c4
  6. #5390b9
  7. #5c8cae
  8. #6589a2
  9. #6e8697
  10. #77838b
  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 #7b9bc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a2f6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5a90f0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a1f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a96f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259ff2 {
  color: #259ff2;
}
Background
.bg-259ff2 {
  background-color: #259ff2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259ff2 {
  border: 2px solid #259ff2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259ff2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 159 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 89% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259ff2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259ff2, #2539f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259ff2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 159 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.89 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.45 #da600d Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#259ff2  rgb(37, 159, 242)  hsl(204, 89%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#f27825  rgb(242, 120, 37)  hsl(24, 89%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#f2259f  rgb(242, 37, 159)  hsl(324, 89%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#9ff225  rgb(159, 242, 37)  hsl(84, 89%, 55%)  Spring Bud