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#269FE7

#269fe7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#269fe7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 62.35% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.55% cyan, 31.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 202.38°, with 80.08% saturation and 52.75% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.46.

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Relative luminance0.3098

Complementary

  1. #269fe7
  2. #e76e26

Split complementary

  1. #269fe7
  2. #e7263f
  3. #e7ce26

Analogous

  1. #26e7ce
  2. #269fe7
  3. #263fe7

Triadic

  1. #269fe7
  2. #e7269f
  3. #9fe726

Tetradic

  1. #269fe7
  2. #6e26e7
  3. #e76e26
  4. #9fe726

Square

  1. #269fe7
  2. #ce26e7
  3. #e76e26
  4. #3fe726

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4668
  2. #1374ad
  3. #269fe7
  4. #6bbdef
  5. #b0dcf6

Shades

#269fe7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269fe7
  2. #228fd0
  3. #1e7fb9
  4. #1b6fa2
  5. #175f8b
  6. #135074
  7. #0f405c
  8. #0b3045
  9. #08202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#269fe7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269fe7
  2. #3ca9e9
  3. #51b2ec
  4. #67bcee
  5. #7dc5f1
  6. #93cff3
  7. #a8d9f5
  8. #bee2f8
  9. #d4ecfa
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269fe7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269fe7
  2. #2f9cdd
  3. #3899d2
  4. #4196c8
  5. #4a93be
  6. #5390b4
  7. #5c8ca9
  8. #65899f
  9. #6e8695
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9abc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da1ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #628fe6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a0e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5196e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269fe7 {
  color: #269fe7;
}
Background
.bg-269fe7 {
  background-color: #269fe7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269fe7 {
  border: 2px solid #269fe7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269fe7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 159 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 80% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269fe7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269fe7, #263fe7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269fe7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 159 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.61 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.83 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.96 #d96018 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269fe7  rgb(38, 159, 231)  hsl(202, 80%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#e76e26  rgb(231, 110, 38)  hsl(22, 80%, 53%)  Chocolate
#e7269f  rgb(231, 38, 159)  hsl(322, 80%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fe726  rgb(159, 231, 38)  hsl(82, 80%, 53%)  Inchworm