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#469FE9

#469fe9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#469fe9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 62.35% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.96% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 207.24°, with 78.74% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.31.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3198

Complementary

  1. #469fe9
  2. #e99046

Split complementary

  1. #469fe9
  2. #e9464d
  3. #e9e146

Analogous

  1. #46e9e1
  2. #469fe9
  3. #464de9

Triadic

  1. #469fe9
  2. #e9469f
  3. #9fe946

Tetradic

  1. #469fe9
  2. #9046e9
  3. #e99046
  4. #9fe946

Square

  1. #469fe9
  2. #e146e9
  3. #e99046
  4. #4de946

Monochromatic

  1. #105086
  2. #1879ca
  3. #469fe9
  4. #8ac2f1
  5. #cfe6f9

Shades

#469fe9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #469fe9
  2. #3f8fd2
  3. #387fba
  4. #316fa3
  5. #2a5f8c
  6. #235075
  7. #1c405d
  8. #153046
  9. #0e202f
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#469fe9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #469fe9
  2. #59a9eb
  3. #6bb2ed
  4. #7ebcf0
  5. #90c5f2
  6. #a3cff4
  7. #b5d9f6
  8. #c8e2f8
  9. #daecfb
  10. #edf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#469fe9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #469fe9
  2. #4c9cdf
  3. #5299d4
  4. #5796ca
  5. #5d93bf
  6. #6390b5
  7. #698caa
  8. #6f89a0
  9. #748695
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809cbe ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea2ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6792e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b98e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aace ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-469fe9 {
  color: #469fe9;
}
Background
.bg-469fe9 {
  background-color: #469fe9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-469fe9 {
  border: 2px solid #469fe9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #469fe9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 159 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 79% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-469fe9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #469fe9, #464de9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-469fe9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 159 233 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.16 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.35 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.36 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.06 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.04 #b96016 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#469fe9  rgb(70, 159, 233)  hsl(207, 79%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#e99046  rgb(233, 144, 70)  hsl(27, 79%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#e9469f  rgb(233, 70, 159)  hsl(327, 79%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#9fe946  rgb(159, 233, 70)  hsl(87, 79%, 59%)  Inchworm