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#079CD2

#079cd2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#079cd2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.75% red, 61.18% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.67% cyan, 25.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 195.96°, with 93.55% saturation and 42.55% 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 6.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.07.

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Relative luminance0.2848

Complementary

  1. #079cd2
  2. #d23d07

Split complementary

  1. #079cd2
  2. #d20737
  3. #d2a307

Analogous

  1. #07d2a3
  2. #079cd2
  3. #0737d2

Triadic

  1. #079cd2
  2. #d2079c
  3. #9cd207

Tetradic

  1. #079cd2
  2. #3d07d2
  3. #d23d07
  4. #9cd207

Square

  1. #079cd2
  2. #a307d2
  3. #d23d07
  4. #37d207

Monochromatic

  1. #022e3e
  2. #056588
  3. #079cd2
  4. #2dc2f8
  5. #78d8fa

Shades

#079cd2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #079cd2
  2. #068cbd
  3. #067da8
  4. #056d93
  5. #045e7e
  6. #044e69
  7. #033e54
  8. #022f3f
  9. #011f2a
  10. #011015
  11. #000000

Tints

#079cd2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #079cd2
  2. #20a6d7
  3. #39b0db
  4. #51bae0
  5. #6ac4e4
  6. #83cee9
  7. #9cd7ed
  8. #b5e1f2
  9. #cdebf6
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#079cd2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #079cd2
  2. #1399ca
  3. #1f96c2
  4. #2b94b9
  5. #3791b1
  6. #448ea9
  7. #508ba1
  8. #5c8899
  9. #688690
  10. #748388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7396af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819bd5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #698ad1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aaae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #669bd4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5292d1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-079cd2 {
  color: #079cd2;
}
Background
.bg-079cd2 {
  background-color: #079cd2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-079cd2 {
  border: 2px solid #079cd2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #079cd2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 156 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 94% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-079cd2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #079cd2, #0737d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-079cd2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 156 210 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.07 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.47 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.02 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.27 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.14 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.37 #f8632d Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#079cd2  rgb(7, 156, 210)  hsl(196, 94%, 43%)  Carolina Blue
#d23d07  rgb(210, 61, 7)  hsl(16, 94%, 43%)  Sinopia
#d2079c  rgb(210, 7, 156)  hsl(316, 94%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cd207  rgb(156, 210, 7)  hsl(76, 94%, 43%)  Yellow Green