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#25AADE

#25aade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#25aade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 66.67% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.33% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 196.86°, with 73.71% saturation and 50.78% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.52.

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Relative luminance0.3442

Complementary

  1. #25aade
  2. #de5925

Split complementary

  1. #25aade
  2. #de254d
  3. #deb525

Analogous

  1. #25deb5
  2. #25aade
  3. #254dde

Triadic

  1. #25aade
  2. #de25aa
  3. #aade25

Tetradic

  1. #25aade
  2. #5925de
  3. #de5925
  4. #aade25

Square

  1. #25aade
  2. #b525de
  3. #de5925
  4. #4dde25

Monochromatic

  1. #0e465c
  2. #18799e
  3. #25aade
  4. #67c4e8
  5. #aadef2

Shades

#25aade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #25aade
  2. #2199c8
  3. #1e88b2
  4. #1a779b
  5. #166685
  6. #13556f
  7. #0f4459
  8. #0b3343
  9. #07222c
  10. #041116
  11. #000000

Tints

#25aade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #25aade
  2. #3bb3e1
  3. #51bbe5
  4. #66c4e8
  5. #7ccceb
  6. #92d5ef
  7. #a8ddf2
  8. #bee6f5
  9. #d3eef8
  10. #e9f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#25aade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #25aade
  2. #2ea6d5
  3. #37a2cb
  4. #409dc2
  5. #4999b8
  6. #5395af
  7. #5c91a6
  8. #658d9c
  9. #6e8893
  10. #778489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa8e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7897dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a9df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #619fde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-25aade {
  color: #25aade;
}
Background
.bg-25aade {
  background-color: #25aade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-25aade {
  border: 2px solid #25aade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #25aade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-25aade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #25aade, #254dde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-25aade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.09 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.60 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.21 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.59 #da5521 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#25aade  rgb(37, 170, 222)  hsl(197, 74%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#de5925  rgb(222, 89, 37)  hsl(17, 74%, 51%)  Flame
#de25aa  rgb(222, 37, 170)  hsl(317, 74%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#aade25  rgb(170, 222, 37)  hsl(77, 74%, 51%)  Yellow Green