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#269EEB

#269eeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#269eeb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.83% cyan, 32.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 203.45°, with 83.12% saturation and 53.53% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.76.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3086

Complementary

  1. #269eeb
  2. #eb7326

Split complementary

  1. #269eeb
  2. #eb263c
  3. #ebd526

Analogous

  1. #26ebd5
  2. #269eeb
  3. #263ceb

Triadic

  1. #269eeb
  2. #eb269e
  3. #9eeb26

Tetradic

  1. #269eeb
  2. #7326eb
  3. #eb7326
  4. #9eeb26

Square

  1. #269eeb
  2. #d526eb
  3. #eb7326
  4. #3ceb26

Monochromatic

  1. #0a476e
  2. #1174b4
  3. #269eeb
  4. #6cbdf1
  5. #b2ddf8

Shades

#269eeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269eeb
  2. #228ed4
  3. #1e7ebc
  4. #1b6fa5
  5. #175f8d
  6. #134f76
  7. #0f3f5e
  8. #0b2f47
  9. #08202f
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#269eeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269eeb
  2. #3ca8ed
  3. #51b1ef
  4. #67bbf1
  5. #7dc5f3
  6. #93cff5
  7. #a8d8f7
  8. #bee2f9
  9. #d4ecfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269eeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269eeb
  2. #2f9be0
  3. #3898d6
  4. #4195cb
  5. #4a92c0
  6. #538fb6
  7. #5c8cab
  8. #6589a0
  9. #6e8695
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9abe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a0ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5e8fea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #629fed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d95ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269eeb {
  color: #269eeb;
}
Background
.bg-269eeb {
  background-color: #269eeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269eeb {
  border: 2px solid #269eeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269eeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 158 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 83% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269eeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269eeb, #263ceb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269eeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 158 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.76 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.64 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.15 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.15 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.42 #d96114 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269eeb  rgb(38, 158, 235)  hsl(203, 83%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#eb7326  rgb(235, 115, 38)  hsl(23, 83%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#eb269e  rgb(235, 38, 158)  hsl(323, 83%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9eeb26  rgb(158, 235, 38)  hsl(83, 83%, 54%)  Spring Bud