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#469FF3

#469ff3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#469ff3 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 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.19% cyan, 34.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 209.13°, with 87.82% saturation and 61.37% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.45.

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Relative luminance0.3257

Complementary

  1. #469ff3
  2. #f39a46

Split complementary

  1. #469ff3
  2. #f34648
  3. #f3f046

Analogous

  1. #46f3f0
  2. #469ff3
  3. #4648f3

Triadic

  1. #469ff3
  2. #f3469f
  3. #9ff346

Tetradic

  1. #469ff3
  2. #9a46f3
  3. #f39a46
  4. #9ff346

Square

  1. #469ff3
  2. #f046f3
  3. #f39a46
  4. #48f346

Monochromatic

  1. #0a5296
  2. #0e79de
  3. #469ff3
  4. #8ec4f8
  5. #d6eafc

Shades

#469ff3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #469ff3
  2. #3f8fdb
  3. #387fc2
  4. #316faa
  5. #2a5f92
  6. #23507a
  7. #1c4061
  8. #153049
  9. #0e2031
  10. #071018
  11. #000000

Tints

#469ff3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #469ff3
  2. #59a9f4
  3. #6bb2f5
  4. #7ebcf7
  5. #90c5f8
  6. #a3cff9
  7. #b5d9fa
  8. #c8e2fb
  9. #daecfd
  10. #edf5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#469ff3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #469ff3
  2. #4c9ce8
  3. #5299dc
  4. #5796d1
  5. #5d93c5
  6. #6390ba
  7. #698cae
  8. #6f89a3
  9. #748697
  10. #7a838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819cc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #79a3f7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6093f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #68a2f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5798f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-469ff3 {
  color: #469ff3;
}
Background
.bg-469ff3 {
  background-color: #469ff3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-469ff3 {
  border: 2px solid #469ff3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #469ff3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 159 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 88% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-469ff3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #469ff3, #4648f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-469ff3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 159 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.45 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.03 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.15 #b9600c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#469ff3  rgb(70, 159, 243)  hsl(209, 88%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#f39a46  rgb(243, 154, 70)  hsl(29, 88%, 61%)  Neon Carrot
#f3469f  rgb(243, 70, 159)  hsl(329, 88%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#9ff346  rgb(159, 243, 70)  hsl(89, 88%, 61%)  Inchworm