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#459EEC

#459eec ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#459eec 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 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.76% cyan, 33.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 208.02°, with 81.46% saturation and 59.8% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.79.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3178

Complementary

  1. #459eec
  2. #ec9345

Split complementary

  1. #459eec
  2. #ec454a
  3. #ece645

Analogous

  1. #45ece6
  2. #459eec
  3. #454aec

Triadic

  1. #459eec
  2. #ec459e
  3. #9eec45

Tetradic

  1. #459eec
  2. #9345ec
  3. #ec9345
  4. #9eec45

Square

  1. #459eec
  2. #e645ec
  3. #ec9345
  4. #4aec45

Monochromatic

  1. #0e508a
  2. #1578cf
  3. #459eec
  4. #8ac2f3
  5. #d0e6fa

Shades

#459eec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #459eec
  2. #3e8ed4
  3. #377ebd
  4. #306fa5
  5. #295f8e
  6. #234f76
  7. #1c3f5e
  8. #152f47
  9. #0e202f
  10. #071018
  11. #000000

Tints

#459eec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #459eec
  2. #58a8ee
  3. #6ab1f0
  4. #7dbbf2
  5. #8fc5f4
  6. #a2cff6
  7. #b5d8f7
  8. #c7e2f9
  9. #daecfb
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#459eec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #459eec
  2. #4b9be1
  3. #5198d6
  4. #5795cc
  5. #5d92c1
  6. #638fb6
  7. #688cab
  8. #6e89a0
  9. #748696
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809bc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba2ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6392ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a0ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5997eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-459eec {
  color: #459eec;
}
Background
.bg-459eec {
  background-color: #459eec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-459eec {
  border: 2px solid #459eec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #459eec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 158 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 81% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-459eec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #459eec, #454aec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-459eec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 158 236 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.38 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.62 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.34 #ba6113 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#459eec  rgb(69, 158, 236)  hsl(208, 81%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ec9345  rgb(236, 147, 69)  hsl(28, 81%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#ec459e  rgb(236, 69, 158)  hsl(328, 81%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#9eec45  rgb(158, 236, 69)  hsl(88, 81%, 60%)  Inchworm