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#409CEB

#409ceb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#409ceb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 61.18% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.77% cyan, 33.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 207.72°, with 81.04% saturation and 58.63% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.94.

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Relative luminance0.3087

Complementary

  1. #409ceb
  2. #eb8f40

Split complementary

  1. #409ceb
  2. #eb4047
  3. #ebe540

Analogous

  1. #40ebe5
  2. #409ceb
  3. #4047eb

Triadic

  1. #409ceb
  2. #eb409c
  3. #9ceb40

Tetradic

  1. #409ceb
  2. #8f40eb
  3. #eb8f40
  4. #9ceb40

Square

  1. #409ceb
  2. #e540eb
  3. #eb8f40
  4. #47eb40

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4e84
  2. #1576c9
  3. #409ceb
  4. #85c0f2
  5. #cbe4fa

Shades

#409ceb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #409ceb
  2. #3a8cd4
  3. #337dbc
  4. #2d6da5
  5. #265e8d
  6. #204e76
  7. #1a3e5e
  8. #132f47
  9. #0d1f2f
  10. #061018
  11. #000000

Tints

#409ceb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #409ceb
  2. #53a6ed
  3. #66b0ef
  4. #79baf1
  5. #8cc4f3
  6. #a0cef5
  7. #b3d7f7
  8. #c6e1f9
  9. #d9ebfb
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#409ceb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #409ceb
  2. #4699e0
  3. #4d96d6
  4. #5394cb
  5. #5a91c0
  6. #608eb6
  7. #668bab
  8. #6d88a0
  9. #738695
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d99be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a0ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5f90e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5595ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-409ceb {
  color: #409ceb;
}
Background
.bg-409ceb {
  background-color: #409ceb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-409ceb {
  border: 2px solid #409ceb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #409ceb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 156 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 81% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-409ceb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #409ceb, #4047eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-409ceb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 156 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.41 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.22 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.81 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.66 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.82 #bf6314 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#409ceb  rgb(64, 156, 235)  hsl(208, 81%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#eb8f40  rgb(235, 143, 64)  hsl(28, 81%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb409c  rgb(235, 64, 156)  hsl(328, 81%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#9ceb40  rgb(156, 235, 64)  hsl(88, 81%, 59%)  Inchworm