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#309FEE

#309fee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#309fee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 62.35% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.83% cyan, 33.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 204.95°, with 84.82% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.77.

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Relative luminance0.316

Complementary

  1. #309fee
  2. #ee7f30

Split complementary

  1. #309fee
  2. #ee3040
  3. #eede30

Analogous

  1. #30eede
  2. #309fee
  3. #3040ee

Triadic

  1. #309fee
  2. #ee309f
  3. #9fee30

Tetradic

  1. #309fee
  2. #7f30ee
  3. #ee7f30
  4. #9fee30

Square

  1. #309fee
  2. #de30ee
  3. #ee7f30
  4. #40ee30

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4c7b
  2. #1078c2
  3. #309fee
  4. #77c0f4
  5. #bde1fa

Shades

#309fee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #309fee
  2. #2b8fd6
  3. #267fbe
  4. #226fa7
  5. #1d5f8f
  6. #185077
  7. #13405f
  8. #0e3047
  9. #0a2030
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#309fee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #309fee
  2. #45a9f0
  3. #59b2f1
  4. #6ebcf3
  5. #83c5f5
  6. #98cff7
  7. #acd9f8
  8. #c1e2fa
  9. #d6ecfc
  10. #eaf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#309fee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #309fee
  2. #389ce3
  3. #4099d8
  4. #4896cd
  5. #5093c2
  6. #5890b7
  7. #608cac
  8. #6889a1
  9. #708696
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9bc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa2f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f91ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #64a1f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5097ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-309fee {
  color: #309fee;
}
Background
.bg-309fee {
  background-color: #309fee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-309fee {
  border: 2px solid #309fee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #309fee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 159 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 85% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-309fee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #309fee, #3040ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-309fee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 159 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.77 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.22 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.63 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.50 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.32 #cf6011 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#309fee  rgb(48, 159, 238)  hsl(205, 85%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ee7f30  rgb(238, 127, 48)  hsl(25, 85%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#ee309f  rgb(238, 48, 159)  hsl(325, 85%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9fee30  rgb(159, 238, 48)  hsl(85, 85%, 56%)  Spring Bud