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#079CDA

#079cda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#079cda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.79% cyan, 28.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 197.63°, with 93.78% saturation and 44.12% 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 6.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2888

Complementary

  1. #079cda
  2. #da4507

Split complementary

  1. #079cda
  2. #da0733
  3. #daaf07

Analogous

  1. #07daaf
  2. #079cda
  3. #0733da

Triadic

  1. #079cda
  2. #da079c
  3. #9cda07

Tetradic

  1. #079cda
  2. #4507da
  3. #da4507
  4. #9cda07

Square

  1. #079cda
  2. #af07da
  3. #da4507
  4. #33da07

Monochromatic

  1. #023246
  2. #056790
  3. #079cda
  4. #35bff9
  5. #7fd7fb

Shades

#079cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #079cda
  2. #068cc4
  3. #067dae
  4. #056d99
  5. #045e83
  6. #044e6d
  7. #033e57
  8. #022f41
  9. #011f2c
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#079cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #079cda
  2. #20a6de
  3. #39b0e1
  4. #51bae5
  5. #6ac4e9
  6. #83ceed
  7. #9cd7f0
  8. #b5e1f4
  9. #cdebf8
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#079cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #079cda
  2. #1399d1
  3. #1f96c8
  4. #2b94bf
  5. #3791b6
  6. #448ead
  7. #508ba4
  8. #5c889b
  9. #688692
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7496b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9cdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #648bd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639cdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e92d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-079cda {
  color: #079cda;
}
Background
.bg-079cda {
  background-color: #079cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-079cda {
  border: 2px solid #079cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #079cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 156 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 94% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-079cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #079cda, #0733da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-079cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 156 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.93 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.87 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.34 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.40 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.02 #f86325 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#079cda  rgb(7, 156, 218)  hsl(198, 94%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#da4507  rgb(218, 69, 7)  hsl(18, 94%, 44%)  Sinopia
#da079c  rgb(218, 7, 156)  hsl(318, 94%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#9cda07  rgb(156, 218, 7)  hsl(78, 94%, 44%)  Yellow Green