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#469FEB

#469feb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#469feb 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 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.21% cyan, 32.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 207.64°, with 80.49% 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 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.55.

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Relative luminance0.321

Complementary

  1. #469feb
  2. #eb9246

Split complementary

  1. #469feb
  2. #eb464c
  3. #ebe546

Analogous

  1. #46ebe5
  2. #469feb
  3. #464ceb

Triadic

  1. #469feb
  2. #eb469f
  3. #9feb46

Tetradic

  1. #469feb
  2. #9246eb
  3. #eb9246
  4. #9feb46

Square

  1. #469feb
  2. #e546eb
  3. #eb9246
  4. #4ceb46

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5189
  2. #1679ce
  3. #469feb
  4. #8bc3f2
  5. #d0e7fa

Shades

#469feb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #469feb
  2. #3f8fd4
  3. #387fbc
  4. #316fa5
  5. #2a5f8d
  6. #235076
  7. #1c405e
  8. #153047
  9. #0e202f
  10. #071018
  11. #000000

Tints

#469feb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #469feb
  2. #59a9ed
  3. #6bb2ef
  4. #7ebcf1
  5. #90c5f3
  6. #a3cff5
  7. #b5d9f7
  8. #c8e2f9
  9. #daecfb
  10. #edf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#469feb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #469feb
  2. #4c9ce0
  3. #5299d6
  4. #5796cb
  5. #5d93c0
  6. #6390b6
  7. #698cab
  8. #6f89a0
  9. #748695
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809cc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da2ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6593ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba1ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a98ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aad0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-469feb {
  color: #469feb;
}
Background
.bg-469feb {
  background-color: #469feb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-469feb {
  border: 2px solid #469feb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #469feb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 159 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-469feb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #469feb, #464ceb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-469feb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 159 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.55 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.21 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.12 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.22 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.06 #b96014 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#469feb  rgb(70, 159, 235)  hsl(208, 80%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#eb9246  rgb(235, 146, 70)  hsl(28, 80%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb469f  rgb(235, 70, 159)  hsl(328, 80%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#9feb46  rgb(159, 235, 70)  hsl(88, 80%, 60%)  Inchworm