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#279CED

#279ced ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#279ced is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.29% red, 61.18% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.54% cyan, 34.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 204.55°, with 84.62% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.12.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3032

Complementary

  1. #279ced
  2. #ed7827

Split complementary

  1. #279ced
  2. #ed2739
  3. #eddb27

Analogous

  1. #27eddb
  2. #279ced
  3. #2739ed

Triadic

  1. #279ced
  2. #ed279c
  3. #9ced27

Tetradic

  1. #279ced
  2. #7827ed
  3. #ed7827
  4. #9ced27

Square

  1. #279ced
  2. #db27ed
  3. #ed7827
  4. #39ed27

Monochromatic

  1. #094772
  2. #0f73b8
  3. #279ced
  4. #6ebcf3
  5. #b4ddf9

Shades

#279ced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #279ced
  2. #238cd5
  3. #1f7dbe
  4. #1b6da6
  5. #175e8e
  6. #144e77
  7. #103e5f
  8. #0c2f47
  9. #081f2f
  10. #041018
  11. #000000

Tints

#279ced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #279ced
  2. #3da6ef
  3. #52b0f1
  4. #68baf2
  5. #7dc4f4
  6. #93cef6
  7. #a9d7f8
  8. #bee1fa
  9. #d4ebfb
  10. #e9f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#279ced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #279ced
  2. #3099e2
  3. #3996d7
  4. #4294cc
  5. #4b91c1
  6. #548eb7
  7. #5c8bac
  8. #6588a1
  9. #6e8696
  10. #77838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7998bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #769ff0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #598eeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #609eef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4a94ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-279ced {
  color: #279ced;
}
Background
.bg-279ced {
  background-color: #279ced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-279ced {
  border: 2px solid #279ced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #279ced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 39 156 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-279ced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #279ced, #2739ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-279ced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(39 156 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.12 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.42 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.41 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.96 #d86312 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#279ced  rgb(39, 156, 237)  hsl(205, 85%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#ed7827  rgb(237, 120, 39)  hsl(25, 85%, 54%)  Pumpkin
#ed279c  rgb(237, 39, 156)  hsl(325, 85%, 54%)  Persian Rose
#9ced27  rgb(156, 237, 39)  hsl(85, 85%, 54%)  Spring Bud