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#309EEC

#309eec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#309eec is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 61.96% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.66% cyan, 33.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 204.89°, with 83.19% saturation and 55.69% 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 3.71.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3114

Complementary

  1. #309eec
  2. #ec7e30

Split complementary

  1. #309eec
  2. #ec3040
  3. #ecdc30

Analogous

  1. #30ecdc
  2. #309eec
  3. #3040ec

Triadic

  1. #309eec
  2. #ec309e
  3. #9eec30

Tetradic

  1. #309eec
  2. #7e30ec
  3. #ec7e30
  4. #9eec30

Square

  1. #309eec
  2. #dc30ec
  3. #ec7e30
  4. #40ec30

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4b78
  2. #1176be
  3. #309eec
  4. #76bff2
  5. #bce0f9

Shades

#309eec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #309eec
  2. #2b8ed4
  3. #267ebd
  4. #226fa5
  5. #1d5f8e
  6. #184f76
  7. #133f5e
  8. #0e2f47
  9. #0a202f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#309eec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #309eec
  2. #45a8ee
  3. #59b1f0
  4. #6ebbf2
  5. #83c5f4
  6. #98cff6
  7. #acd8f7
  8. #c1e2f9
  9. #d6ecfb
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#309eec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #309eec
  2. #389be1
  3. #4098d6
  4. #4895cc
  5. #5092c1
  6. #588fb6
  7. #608cab
  8. #6889a0
  9. #708696
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9abf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a1ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f90eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a0ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5096eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aad0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-309eec {
  color: #309eec;
}
Background
.bg-309eec {
  background-color: #309eec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-309eec {
  border: 2px solid #309eec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #309eec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 158 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 83% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-309eec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #309eec, #3040ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-309eec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 158 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.28 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.49 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.43 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.39 #cf6113 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#309eec  rgb(48, 158, 236)  hsl(205, 83%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ec7e30  rgb(236, 126, 48)  hsl(25, 83%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec309e  rgb(236, 48, 158)  hsl(325, 83%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9eec30  rgb(158, 236, 48)  hsl(85, 83%, 56%)  Inchworm