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#409EE6

#409ee6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#409ee6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 61.96% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.17% cyan, 31.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 206.02°, with 76.85% saturation and 57.65% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.04.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3126

Complementary

  1. #409ee6
  2. #e68840

Split complementary

  1. #409ee6
  2. #e6404b
  3. #e6db40

Analogous

  1. #40e6db
  2. #409ee6
  3. #404be6

Triadic

  1. #409ee6
  2. #e6409e
  3. #9ee640

Tetradic

  1. #409ee6
  2. #8840e6
  3. #e68840
  4. #9ee640

Square

  1. #409ee6
  2. #db40e6
  3. #e68840
  4. #4be640

Monochromatic

  1. #104e7d
  2. #1978c0
  3. #409ee6
  4. #84c0ef
  5. #c7e3f8

Shades

#409ee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #409ee6
  2. #3a8ecf
  3. #337eb8
  4. #2d6fa1
  5. #265f8a
  6. #204f73
  7. #1a3f5c
  8. #132f45
  9. #0d202e
  10. #061017
  11. #000000

Tints

#409ee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #409ee6
  2. #53a8e9
  3. #66b1eb
  4. #79bbee
  5. #8cc5f0
  6. #a0cff3
  7. #b3d8f5
  8. #c6e2f8
  9. #d9ecfa
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#409ee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #409ee6
  2. #469bdc
  3. #4d98d2
  4. #5395c7
  5. #5a92bd
  6. #608fb3
  7. #668ca9
  8. #6d899f
  9. #738694
  10. #7a838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9abc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da0e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6691e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9fe8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5996e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-409ee6 {
  color: #409ee6;
}
Background
.bg-409ee6 {
  background-color: #409ee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-409ee6 {
  border: 2px solid #409ee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #409ee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 158 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-409ee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #409ee6, #404be6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-409ee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 158 230 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.51 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.59 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.16 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.81 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.94 #bf6119 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#409ee6  rgb(64, 158, 230)  hsl(206, 77%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#e68840  rgb(230, 136, 64)  hsl(26, 77%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#e6409e  rgb(230, 64, 158)  hsl(326, 77%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#9ee640  rgb(158, 230, 64)  hsl(86, 77%, 58%)  Inchworm