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#269FE5

#269fe5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#269fe5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.41% cyan, 30.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 201.99°, with 78.6% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.3087

Complementary

  1. #269fe5
  2. #e56c26

Split complementary

  1. #269fe5
  2. #e5263f
  3. #e5cb26

Analogous

  1. #26e5cb
  2. #269fe5
  3. #263fe5

Triadic

  1. #269fe5
  2. #e5269f
  3. #9fe526

Tetradic

  1. #269fe5
  2. #6c26e5
  3. #e56c26
  4. #9fe526

Square

  1. #269fe5
  2. #cb26e5
  3. #e56c26
  4. #3fe526

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4566
  2. #1473aa
  3. #269fe5
  4. #6abded
  5. #afdbf5

Shades

#269fe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #269fe5
  2. #228fce
  3. #1e7fb7
  4. #1b6fa0
  5. #175f89
  6. #135073
  7. #0f405c
  8. #0b3045
  9. #08202e
  10. #041017
  11. #000000

Tints

#269fe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #269fe5
  2. #3ca9e8
  3. #51b2ea
  4. #67bced
  5. #7dc5ef
  6. #93cff2
  7. #a8d9f5
  8. #bee2f7
  9. #d4ecfa
  10. #e9f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#269fe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #269fe5
  2. #2f9cdb
  3. #3899d1
  4. #4196c7
  5. #4a93bd
  6. #5390b3
  7. #5c8ca8
  8. #65899e
  9. #6e8694
  10. #77838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9abb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea0e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648fe4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #66a0e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5296e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-269fe5 {
  color: #269fe5;
}
Background
.bg-269fe5 {
  background-color: #269fe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-269fe5 {
  border: 2px solid #269fe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #269fe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 159 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 79% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-269fe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #269fe5, #263fe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-269fe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 159 229 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.64 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.55 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.70 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.80 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.05 #d9601a Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#269fe5  rgb(38, 159, 229)  hsl(202, 79%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#e56c26  rgb(229, 108, 38)  hsl(22, 79%, 52%)  Chocolate
#e5269f  rgb(229, 38, 159)  hsl(322, 79%, 52%)  Persian Rose
#9fe526  rgb(159, 229, 38)  hsl(82, 79%, 52%)  Inchworm