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#269EEA

#269eea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#269eea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 61.96% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.76% cyan, 32.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.27°, with 82.35% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.7.

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Relative luminance0.3081

Complementary

  1. #269eea
  2. #ea7226

Split complementary

  1. #269eea
  2. #ea263c
  3. #ead426

Analogous

  1. #26ead4
  2. #269eea
  3. #263cea

Triadic

  1. #269eea
  2. #ea269e
  3. #9eea26

Tetradic

  1. #269eea
  2. #7226ea
  3. #ea7226
  4. #9eea26

Square

  1. #269eea
  2. #d426ea
  3. #ea7226
  4. #3cea26

Monochromatic

  1. #0b466c
  2. #1174b2
  3. #269eea
  4. #6cbdf1
  5. #b1dcf7

Shades

#269eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269eea
  2. #228ed3
  3. #1e7ebb
  4. #1b6fa4
  5. #175f8c
  6. #134f75
  7. #0f3f5e
  8. #0b2f46
  9. #08202f
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#269eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269eea
  2. #3ca8ec
  3. #51b1ee
  4. #67bbf0
  5. #7dc5f2
  6. #93cff5
  7. #a8d8f7
  8. #bee2f9
  9. #d4ecfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269eea
  2. #2f9bdf
  3. #3898d5
  4. #4195ca
  5. #4a92c0
  6. #538fb5
  7. #5c8caa
  8. #6589a0
  9. #6e8695
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799abe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa0ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8fe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639fec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e95e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269eea {
  color: #269eea;
}
Background
.bg-269eea {
  background-color: #269eea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269eea {
  border: 2px solid #269eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 158 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 82% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269eea, #263cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 158 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.64 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.87 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.25 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.40 #d96115 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269eea  rgb(38, 158, 234)  hsl(203, 82%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7226  rgb(234, 114, 38)  hsl(23, 82%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ea269e  rgb(234, 38, 158)  hsl(323, 82%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9eea26  rgb(158, 234, 38)  hsl(83, 82%, 53%)  Spring Bud