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#0797D4

#0797d4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#0797d4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.75% red, 59.22% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.7% cyan, 28.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 197.85°, with 93.61% saturation and 42.94% 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 6.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2693

Complementary

  1. #0797d4
  2. #d44407

Split complementary

  1. #0797d4
  2. #d40731
  3. #d4aa07

Analogous

  1. #07d4aa
  2. #0797d4
  3. #0731d4

Triadic

  1. #0797d4
  2. #d40797
  3. #97d407

Tetradic

  1. #0797d4
  2. #4407d4
  3. #d44407
  4. #97d407

Square

  1. #0797d4
  2. #aa07d4
  3. #d44407
  4. #31d407

Monochromatic

  1. #022e40
  2. #05628a
  3. #0797d4
  4. #2fbcf8
  5. #79d4fb

Shades

#0797d4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0797d4
  2. #0688bf
  3. #0679aa
  4. #056a94
  5. #045b7f
  6. #044c6a
  7. #033c55
  8. #022d40
  9. #011e2a
  10. #010f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#0797d4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0797d4
  2. #20a1d8
  3. #39acdd
  4. #51b6e1
  5. #6ac1e5
  6. #83cbea
  7. #9cd5ee
  8. #b5e0f2
  9. #cdeaf6
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0797d4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0797d4
  2. #1395cc
  3. #1f92c3
  4. #2b90bb
  5. #378eb2
  6. #448caa
  7. #5089a2
  8. #5c8799
  9. #688591
  10. #748288
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7092ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7997d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6086d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f97d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b8dd3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a1bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0797d4 {
  color: #0797d4;
}
Background
.bg-0797d4 {
  background-color: #0797d4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0797d4 {
  border: 2px solid #0797d4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0797d4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 151 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 94% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0797d4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0797d4, #0731d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0797d4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 151 212 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.00 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.03 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.34 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.44 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.84 #f8682b Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#0797d4  rgb(7, 151, 212)  hsl(198, 94%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#d44407  rgb(212, 68, 7)  hsl(18, 94%, 43%)  Sinopia
#d40797  rgb(212, 7, 151)  hsl(318, 94%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#97d407  rgb(151, 212, 7)  hsl(78, 94%, 43%)  Yellow Green