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#269ADE

#269ade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#269ade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 60.39% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.88% cyan, 30.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 202.17°, with 73.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 6.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.288

Complementary

  1. #269ade
  2. #de6a26

Split complementary

  1. #269ade
  2. #de263e
  3. #dec626

Analogous

  1. #26dec6
  2. #269ade
  3. #263ede

Triadic

  1. #269ade
  2. #de269a
  3. #9ade26

Tetradic

  1. #269ade
  2. #6a26de
  3. #de6a26
  4. #9ade26

Square

  1. #269ade
  2. #c626de
  3. #de6a26
  4. #3ede26

Monochromatic

  1. #0e405d
  2. #186d9f
  3. #269ade
  4. #68b9e8
  5. #abd8f2

Shades

#269ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269ade
  2. #228bc8
  3. #1e7bb2
  4. #1b6c9b
  5. #175c85
  6. #134d6f
  7. #0f3e59
  8. #0b2e43
  9. #081f2c
  10. #040f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#269ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269ade
  2. #3ca4e1
  3. #51aee5
  4. #67b8e8
  5. #7dc2eb
  6. #93cdef
  7. #a8d7f2
  8. #bee1f5
  9. #d4ebf8
  10. #e9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269ade
  2. #2f97d5
  3. #3895cb
  4. #4192c2
  5. #4a90b8
  6. #538daf
  7. #5c8aa6
  8. #65889c
  9. #6e8593
  10. #778389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.11:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7695b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7a9be1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #618bdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639be0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f91dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269ade {
  color: #269ade;
}
Background
.bg-269ade {
  background-color: #269ade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269ade {
  border: 2px solid #269ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 154 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 74% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269ade, #263ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 154 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.06 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.11 #d96521 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269ade  rgb(38, 154, 222)  hsl(202, 74%, 51%)  Carolina Blue
#de6a26  rgb(222, 106, 38)  hsl(22, 74%, 51%)  Chocolate
#de269a  rgb(222, 38, 154)  hsl(322, 74%, 51%)  Mulberry
#9ade26  rgb(154, 222, 38)  hsl(82, 74%, 51%)  Yellow Green