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#0697CC

#0697cc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0697cc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.35% red, 59.22% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.06% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 196.06°, with 94.29% saturation and 41.18% 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 6.31:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.74.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2653

Complementary

  1. #0697cc
  2. #cc3b06

Split complementary

  1. #0697cc
  2. #cc0634
  3. #cc9e06

Analogous

  1. #06cc9e
  2. #0697cc
  3. #0634cc

Triadic

  1. #0697cc
  2. #cc0697
  3. #97cc06

Tetradic

  1. #0697cc
  2. #3b06cc
  3. #cc3b06
  4. #97cc06

Square

  1. #0697cc
  2. #9e06cc
  3. #cc3b06
  4. #34cc06

Monochromatic

  1. #022937
  2. #046082
  3. #0697cc
  4. #26c0f9
  5. #70d6fb

Shades

#0697cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0697cc
  2. #0588b8
  3. #0579a3
  4. #046a8f
  5. #045b7a
  6. #034c66
  7. #023c52
  8. #022d3d
  9. #011e29
  10. #010f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#0697cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0697cc
  2. #1fa1d1
  3. #38acd6
  4. #51b6db
  5. #6ac1e0
  6. #83cbe6
  7. #9bd5eb
  8. #b4e0f0
  9. #cdeaf5
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0697cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0697cc
  2. #1295c4
  3. #1e92bd
  4. #2b90b5
  5. #378eae
  6. #438ca6
  7. #4f899e
  8. #5b8797
  9. #68858f
  10. #748288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f91aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c96ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6586cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6296cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f8dcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0697cc {
  color: #0697cc;
}
Background
.bg-0697cc {
  background-color: #0697cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0697cc {
  border: 2px solid #0697cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0697cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 6 151 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 94% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0697cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0697cc, #0634cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0697cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(6 151 204 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.74 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.23 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.21 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.72 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.07 #f96833 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0697cc  rgb(6, 151, 204)  hsl(196, 94%, 41%)  Carolina Blue
#cc3b06  rgb(204, 59, 6)  hsl(16, 94%, 41%)  Sinopia
#cc0697  rgb(204, 6, 151)  hsl(316, 94%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#97cc06  rgb(151, 204, 6)  hsl(76, 94%, 41%)  Yellow Green