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#409BEA

#409bea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#409bea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 60.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.65% cyan, 33.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.88°, with 80.19% saturation and 58.43% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.04.

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Relative luminance0.3047

Complementary

  1. #409bea
  2. #ea8f40

Split complementary

  1. #409bea
  2. #ea4046
  3. #eae440

Analogous

  1. #40eae4
  2. #409bea
  3. #4046ea

Triadic

  1. #409bea
  2. #ea409b
  3. #9bea40

Tetradic

  1. #409bea
  2. #8f40ea
  3. #ea8f40
  4. #9bea40

Square

  1. #409bea
  2. #e440ea
  3. #ea8f40
  4. #46ea40

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4d83
  2. #1675c8
  3. #409bea
  4. #85bff2
  5. #cae3f9

Shades

#409bea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #409bea
  2. #3a8cd3
  3. #337cbb
  4. #2d6da4
  5. #265d8c
  6. #204e75
  7. #1a3e5e
  8. #132f46
  9. #0d1f2f
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#409bea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #409bea
  2. #53a5ec
  3. #66afee
  4. #79b9f0
  5. #8cc3f2
  6. #a0cdf5
  7. #b3d7f7
  8. #c6e1f9
  9. #d9ebfb
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#409bea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #409bea
  2. #4698df
  3. #4d96d5
  4. #5393ca
  5. #5a90c0
  6. #608eb5
  7. #668baa
  8. #6d88a0
  9. #738595
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d98be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #779fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f8fe8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659dec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5494e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-409bea {
  color: #409bea;
}
Background
.bg-409bea {
  background-color: #409bea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-409bea {
  border: 2px solid #409bea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #409bea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 155 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 80% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-409bea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #409bea, #4046ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-409bea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 155 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.04 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.14 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.49 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.53 #bf6415 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#409bea  rgb(64, 155, 234)  hsl(208, 80%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8f40  rgb(234, 143, 64)  hsl(28, 80%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea409b  rgb(234, 64, 155)  hsl(328, 80%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#9bea40  rgb(155, 234, 64)  hsl(88, 80%, 58%)  Inchworm