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#0697CD

#0697cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0697cd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.07% cyan, 26.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.28°, with 94.31% saturation and 41.37% 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 6.32:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.62.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2658

Complementary

  1. #0697cd
  2. #cd3c06

Split complementary

  1. #0697cd
  2. #cd0634
  3. #cd9f06

Analogous

  1. #06cd9f
  2. #0697cd
  3. #0634cd

Triadic

  1. #0697cd
  2. #cd0697
  3. #97cd06

Tetradic

  1. #0697cd
  2. #3c06cd
  3. #cd3c06
  4. #97cd06

Square

  1. #0697cd
  2. #9f06cd
  3. #cd3c06
  4. #34cd06

Monochromatic

  1. #022938
  2. #046083
  3. #0697cd
  4. #27c0f9
  5. #71d5fb

Shades

#0697cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0697cd
  2. #0588b9
  3. #0579a4
  4. #046a90
  5. #045b7b
  6. #034c67
  7. #023c52
  8. #022d3e
  9. #011e29
  10. #010f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0697cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0697cd
  2. #1fa1d2
  3. #38acd7
  4. #51b6dc
  5. #6ac1e1
  6. #83cbe6
  7. #9bd5eb
  8. #b4e0f0
  9. #cdeaf5
  10. #e6f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0697cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0697cd
  2. #1295c5
  3. #1e92be
  4. #2b90b6
  5. #378eae
  6. #438ca7
  7. #4f899f
  8. #5b8797
  9. #68858f
  10. #748288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8d8d8d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f91aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c96cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6486cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6296cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f8dcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a0b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0697cd {
  color: #0697cd;
}
Background
.bg-0697cd {
  background-color: #0697cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0697cd {
  border: 2px solid #0697cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0697cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 6 151 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 94% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0697cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0697cd, #0634cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0697cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(6 151 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.62 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.51 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.10 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.12 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.49 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.15 #f96832 Inverted #8d8d8d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0697cd  rgb(6, 151, 205)  hsl(196, 94%, 41%)  Carolina Blue
#cd3c06  rgb(205, 60, 6)  hsl(16, 94%, 41%)  Sinopia
#cd0697  rgb(205, 6, 151)  hsl(316, 94%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#97cd06  rgb(151, 205, 6)  hsl(76, 94%, 41%)  Yellow Green