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#269FEA

#269fea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#269fea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.76% cyan, 32.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 202.96°, 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3115

Complementary

  1. #269fea
  2. #ea7126

Split complementary

  1. #269fea
  2. #ea263d
  3. #ead326

Analogous

  1. #26ead3
  2. #269fea
  3. #263dea

Triadic

  1. #269fea
  2. #ea269f
  3. #9fea26

Tetradic

  1. #269fea
  2. #7126ea
  3. #ea7126
  4. #9fea26

Square

  1. #269fea
  2. #d326ea
  3. #ea7126
  4. #3dea26

Monochromatic

  1. #0b476c
  2. #1175b2
  3. #269fea
  4. #6cbef1
  5. #b1ddf7

Shades

#269fea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269fea
  2. #228fd3
  3. #1e7fbb
  4. #1b6fa4
  5. #175f8c
  6. #135075
  7. #0f405e
  8. #0b3046
  9. #08202f
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#269fea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269fea
  2. #3ca9ec
  3. #51b2ee
  4. #67bcf0
  5. #7dc5f2
  6. #93cff5
  7. #a8d9f7
  8. #bee2f9
  9. #d4ecfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269fea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269fea
  2. #2f9cdf
  3. #3899d5
  4. #4196ca
  5. #4a93c0
  6. #5390b5
  7. #5c8caa
  8. #6589a0
  9. #6e8695
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9bbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6090e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a0ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f96e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269fea {
  color: #269fea;
}
Background
.bg-269fea {
  background-color: #269fea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269fea {
  border: 2px solid #269fea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269fea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 159 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 82% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269fea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269fea, #263dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269fea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 159 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.24 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.53 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.50 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.21 #d96015 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269fea  rgb(38, 159, 234)  hsl(203, 82%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7126  rgb(234, 113, 38)  hsl(23, 82%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#ea269f  rgb(234, 38, 159)  hsl(323, 82%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9fea26  rgb(159, 234, 38)  hsl(83, 82%, 53%)  Spring Bud