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#26AFFE

#26affe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#26affe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.04% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.94°, with 99.08% saturation and 57.25% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 6.05.

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Relative luminance0.3823

Complementary

  1. #26affe
  2. #fe7526

Split complementary

  1. #26affe
  2. #fe2643
  3. #fee126

Analogous

  1. #26fee1
  2. #26affe
  3. #2643fe

Triadic

  1. #26affe
  2. #fe26af
  3. #affe26

Tetradic

  1. #26affe
  2. #7526fe
  3. #fe7526
  4. #affe26

Square

  1. #26affe
  2. #e126fe
  3. #fe7526
  4. #43fe26

Monochromatic

  1. #01588a
  2. #0188d6
  3. #26affe
  4. #72cbfe
  5. #bee7ff

Shades

#26affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #26affe
  2. #229ee5
  3. #1e8ccb
  4. #1b7bb2
  5. #176998
  6. #13587f
  7. #0f4666
  8. #0b354c
  9. #082333
  10. #041219
  11. #000000

Tints

#26affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #26affe
  2. #3cb7fe
  3. #51bffe
  4. #67c7fe
  5. #7dcffe
  6. #93d7ff
  7. #a8dfff
  8. #bee7ff
  9. #d4efff
  10. #e9f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#26affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #26affe
  2. #2faaf1
  3. #38a6e5
  4. #41a1d8
  5. #4a9ccc
  6. #5398bf
  7. #5c93b2
  8. #658ea6
  9. #6e8999
  10. #77858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fb0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-26affe {
  color: #26affe;
}
Background
.bg-26affe {
  background-color: #26affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-26affe {
  border: 2px solid #26affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #26affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 99% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-26affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #26affe, #2643fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-26affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.26 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.38 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.80 #d95001 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#26affe  rgb(38, 175, 254)  hsl(202, 99%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7526  rgb(254, 117, 38)  hsl(22, 99%, 57%)  Pumpkin
#fe26af  rgb(254, 38, 175)  hsl(322, 99%, 57%)  Persian Rose
#affe26  rgb(175, 254, 38)  hsl(82, 99%, 57%)  Green Yellow