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#269FE4

#269fe4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#269fe4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 62.35% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.33% cyan, 30.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 201.79°, with 77.87% saturation and 52.16% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.3081

Complementary

  1. #269fe4
  2. #e46b26

Split complementary

  1. #269fe4
  2. #e42640
  3. #e4ca26

Analogous

  1. #26e4ca
  2. #269fe4
  3. #2640e4

Triadic

  1. #269fe4
  2. #e4269f
  3. #9fe426

Tetradic

  1. #269fe4
  2. #6b26e4
  3. #e46b26
  4. #9fe426

Square

  1. #269fe4
  2. #ca26e4
  3. #e46b26
  4. #40e426

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4565
  2. #1573a9
  3. #269fe4
  4. #6abdec
  5. #aedbf5

Shades

#269fe4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269fe4
  2. #228fcd
  3. #1e7fb6
  4. #1b6fa0
  5. #175f89
  6. #135072
  7. #0f405b
  8. #0b3044
  9. #08202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#269fe4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269fe4
  2. #3ca9e7
  3. #51b2e9
  4. #67bcec
  5. #7dc5ef
  6. #93cff2
  7. #a8d9f4
  8. #bee2f7
  9. #d4ecfa
  10. #e9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269fe4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269fe4
  2. #2f9cda
  3. #3899d0
  4. #4196c6
  5. #4a93bc
  6. #5390b2
  7. #5c8ca8
  8. #65899e
  9. #6e8694
  10. #77838a
  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 #799abb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea0e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648fe3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5296e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269fe4 {
  color: #269fe4;
}
Background
.bg-269fe4 {
  background-color: #269fe4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269fe4 {
  border: 2px solid #269fe4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269fe4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 159 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 78% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269fe4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269fe4, #2640e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269fe4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 159 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.70 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.81 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.16 #d9601b Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269fe4  rgb(38, 159, 228)  hsl(202, 78%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#e46b26  rgb(228, 107, 38)  hsl(22, 78%, 52%)  Persimmon
#e4269f  rgb(228, 38, 159)  hsl(322, 78%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#9fe426  rgb(159, 228, 38)  hsl(82, 78%, 52%)  Inchworm