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#26AFFC

#26affc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#26affc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.92% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 201.59°, with 97.27% saturation and 56.86% 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 8.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.96.

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Relative luminance0.381

Complementary

  1. #26affc
  2. #fc7326

Split complementary

  1. #26affc
  2. #fc2644
  3. #fcde26

Analogous

  1. #26fcde
  2. #26affc
  3. #2644fc

Triadic

  1. #26affc
  2. #fc26af
  3. #affc26

Tetradic

  1. #26affc
  2. #7326fc
  3. #fc7326
  4. #affc26

Square

  1. #26affc
  2. #de26fc
  3. #fc7326
  4. #44fc26

Monochromatic

  1. #025787
  2. #0388d3
  3. #26affc
  4. #71cbfd
  5. #bde7fe

Shades

#26affc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #26affc
  2. #229ee3
  3. #1e8cca
  4. #1b7bb0
  5. #176997
  6. #13587e
  7. #0f4665
  8. #0b354c
  9. #082332
  10. #041219
  11. #000000

Tints

#26affc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #26affc
  2. #3cb7fc
  3. #51bffd
  4. #67c7fd
  5. #7dcffd
  6. #93d7fe
  7. #a8dffe
  8. #bee7fe
  9. #d4effe
  10. #e9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#26affc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #26affc
  2. #2faaf0
  3. #38a6e3
  4. #41a1d7
  5. #4a9cca
  6. #5398be
  7. #5c93b2
  8. #658ea5
  9. #6e8999
  10. #77858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85aace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d9efb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #59a5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-26affc {
  color: #26affc;
}
Background
.bg-26affc {
  background-color: #26affc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-26affc {
  border: 2px solid #26affc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #26affc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 97% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-26affc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #26affc, #2644fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-26affc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.10 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.24 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.34 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.59 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.89 #d95003 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#26affc  rgb(38, 175, 252)  hsl(202, 97%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fc7326  rgb(252, 115, 38)  hsl(22, 97%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fc26af  rgb(252, 38, 175)  hsl(322, 97%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#affc26  rgb(175, 252, 38)  hsl(82, 97%, 57%)  Green Yellow