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#269FE3

#269fe3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#269fe3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 62.35% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.26% cyan, 29.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 201.59°, with 77.14% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.32.

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Relative luminance0.3075

Complementary

  1. #269fe3
  2. #e36a26

Split complementary

  1. #269fe3
  2. #e32640
  3. #e3c926

Analogous

  1. #26e3c9
  2. #269fe3
  3. #2640e3

Triadic

  1. #269fe3
  2. #e3269f
  3. #9fe326

Tetradic

  1. #269fe3
  2. #6a26e3
  3. #e36a26
  4. #9fe326

Square

  1. #269fe3
  2. #c926e3
  3. #e36a26
  4. #40e326

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4463
  2. #1673a7
  3. #269fe3
  4. #6abdec
  5. #aedbf4

Shades

#269fe3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269fe3
  2. #228fcc
  3. #1e7fb6
  4. #1b6f9f
  5. #175f88
  6. #135072
  7. #0f405b
  8. #0b3044
  9. #08202d
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#269fe3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269fe3
  2. #3ca9e6
  3. #51b2e9
  4. #67bceb
  5. #7dc5ee
  6. #93cff1
  7. #a8d9f4
  8. #bee2f7
  9. #d4ecf9
  10. #e9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269fe3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269fe3
  2. #2f9cd9
  3. #3899cf
  4. #4196c5
  5. #4a93bb
  6. #5390b2
  7. #5c8ca8
  8. #65899e
  9. #6e8694
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799aba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa0e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658fe2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5396e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aaca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269fe3 {
  color: #269fe3;
}
Background
.bg-269fe3 {
  background-color: #269fe3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269fe3 {
  border: 2px solid #269fe3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269fe3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 159 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 77% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269fe3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269fe3, #2640e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269fe3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 159 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.68 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.05 #d9601c Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269fe3  rgb(38, 159, 227)  hsl(202, 77%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#e36a26  rgb(227, 106, 38)  hsl(22, 77%, 52%)  Persimmon
#e3269f  rgb(227, 38, 159)  hsl(322, 77%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#9fe326  rgb(159, 227, 38)  hsl(82, 77%, 52%)  Inchworm