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#269ECE

#269ece ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#269ece is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 61.96% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.55% cyan, 23.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, with 68.85% saturation and 47.84% 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 6.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.95.

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Relative luminance0.2932

Complementary

  1. #269ece
  2. #ce5626

Split complementary

  1. #269ece
  2. #ce264a
  3. #ceaa26

Analogous

  1. #26ceaa
  2. #269ece
  3. #264ace

Triadic

  1. #269ece
  2. #ce269e
  3. #9ece26

Tetradic

  1. #269ece
  2. #5626ce
  3. #ce5626
  4. #9ece26

Square

  1. #269ece
  2. #aa26ce
  3. #ce5626
  4. #4ace26

Monochromatic

  1. #0e3b4d
  2. #1a6c8d
  3. #269ece
  4. #5fbce1
  5. #a0d7ed

Shades

#269ece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269ece
  2. #228eb9
  3. #1e7ea5
  4. #1b6f90
  5. #175f7c
  6. #134f67
  7. #0f3f52
  8. #0b2f3e
  9. #082029
  10. #041015
  11. #000000

Tints

#269ece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269ece
  2. #3ca8d3
  3. #51b1d8
  4. #67bbdd
  5. #7dc5e2
  6. #93cfe7
  7. #a8d8eb
  8. #bee2f0
  9. #d4ecf5
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269ece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269ece
  2. #2f9bc6
  3. #3898be
  4. #4195b7
  5. #4a92af
  6. #538fa7
  7. #5c8c9f
  8. #658997
  9. #6e8690
  10. #778388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7798ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859cd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #708dcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c9dcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b94ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269ece {
  color: #269ece;
}
Background
.bg-269ece {
  background-color: #269ece;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269ece {
  border: 2px solid #269ece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269ece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 158 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 69% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269ece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269ece, #264ace);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269ece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 158 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.95 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.04 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.86 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.73 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.90 #d96131 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269ece  rgb(38, 158, 206)  hsl(197, 69%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#ce5626  rgb(206, 86, 38)  hsl(17, 69%, 48%)  Flame
#ce269e  rgb(206, 38, 158)  hsl(317, 69%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ece26  rgb(158, 206, 38)  hsl(77, 69%, 48%)  Yellow Green