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#459CEA

#459cea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#459cea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 61.18% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.51% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 208.36°, with 79.71% saturation and 59.41% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.94.

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Relative luminance0.3098

Complementary

  1. #459cea
  2. #ea9345

Split complementary

  1. #459cea
  2. #ea454a
  3. #eae545

Analogous

  1. #45eae5
  2. #459cea
  3. #454aea

Triadic

  1. #459cea
  2. #ea459c
  3. #9cea45

Tetradic

  1. #459cea
  2. #9345ea
  3. #ea9345
  4. #9cea45

Square

  1. #459cea
  2. #e545ea
  3. #ea9345
  4. #4aea45

Monochromatic

  1. #0f4e87
  2. #1776cc
  3. #459cea
  4. #8ac1f2
  5. #cee5fa

Shades

#459cea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #459cea
  2. #3e8cd3
  3. #377dbb
  4. #306da4
  5. #295e8c
  6. #234e75
  7. #1c3e5e
  8. #152f46
  9. #0e1f2f
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#459cea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #459cea
  2. #58a6ec
  3. #6ab0ee
  4. #7dbaf0
  5. #8fc4f2
  6. #a2cef5
  7. #b5d7f7
  8. #c7e1f9
  9. #daebfb
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#459cea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #459cea
  2. #4b99df
  3. #5196d5
  4. #5794ca
  5. #5d91c0
  6. #638eb5
  7. #688baa
  8. #6e88a0
  9. #748695
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e99be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a0ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6190e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689eec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5795e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-459cea {
  color: #459cea;
}
Background
.bg-459cea {
  background-color: #459cea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-459cea {
  border: 2px solid #459cea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #459cea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 156 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-459cea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #459cea, #454aea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-459cea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 156 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.94 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.27 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.14 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.58 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.24 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.79 #ba6315 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#459cea  rgb(69, 156, 234)  hsl(208, 80%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ea9345  rgb(234, 147, 69)  hsl(28, 80%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea459c  rgb(234, 69, 156)  hsl(328, 80%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#9cea45  rgb(156, 234, 69)  hsl(88, 80%, 59%)  Inchworm