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#459EE2

#459ee2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#459ee2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 61.96% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.47% cyan, 30.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 205.99°, with 73.02% saturation and 57.84% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.6.

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Relative luminance0.3121

Complementary

  1. #459ee2
  2. #e28945

Split complementary

  1. #459ee2
  2. #e2454f
  3. #e2d845

Analogous

  1. #45e2d8
  2. #459ee2
  3. #454fe2

Triadic

  1. #459ee2
  2. #e2459e
  3. #9ee245

Tetradic

  1. #459ee2
  2. #8945e2
  3. #e28945
  4. #9ee245

Square

  1. #459ee2
  2. #d845e2
  3. #e28945
  4. #4fe245

Monochromatic

  1. #134e7b
  2. #1d78bd
  3. #459ee2
  4. #87c1ec
  5. #c9e3f7

Shades

#459ee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #459ee2
  2. #3e8ecb
  3. #377eb5
  4. #306f9e
  5. #295f88
  6. #234f71
  7. #1c3f5a
  8. #152f44
  9. #0e202d
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#459ee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #459ee2
  2. #58a8e5
  3. #6ab1e8
  4. #7dbbeb
  5. #8fc5ee
  6. #a2cff1
  7. #b5d8f3
  8. #c7e2f6
  9. #daecf9
  10. #ecf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#459ee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #459ee2
  2. #4b9bd8
  3. #5198ce
  4. #5795c5
  5. #5d92bb
  6. #638fb1
  7. #688ca7
  8. #6e899d
  9. #748694
  10. #7a838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa0e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a91e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9fe4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d96e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-459ee2 {
  color: #459ee2;
}
Background
.bg-459ee2 {
  background-color: #459ee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-459ee2 {
  border: 2px solid #459ee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #459ee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 158 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 73% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-459ee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #459ee2, #454fe2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-459ee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 158 226 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.73 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.21 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.71 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.60 #ba611d Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#459ee2  rgb(69, 158, 226)  hsl(206, 73%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#e28945  rgb(226, 137, 69)  hsl(26, 73%, 58%)  Persian Orange
#e2459e  rgb(226, 69, 158)  hsl(326, 73%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#9ee245  rgb(158, 226, 69)  hsl(86, 73%, 58%)  Inchworm