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#079DDA

#079dda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#079dda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.75% red, 61.57% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.79% cyan, 27.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 197.35°, 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 6.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.31.

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Relative luminance0.2922

Complementary

  1. #079dda
  2. #da4407

Split complementary

  1. #079dda
  2. #da0733
  3. #daae07

Analogous

  1. #07daae
  2. #079dda
  3. #0733da

Triadic

  1. #079dda
  2. #da079d
  3. #9dda07

Tetradic

  1. #079dda
  2. #4407da
  3. #da4407
  4. #9dda07

Square

  1. #079dda
  2. #ae07da
  3. #da4407
  4. #33da07

Monochromatic

  1. #023246
  2. #056890
  3. #079dda
  4. #35c0f9
  5. #7fd7fb

Shades

#079dda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #079dda
  2. #068dc4
  3. #067eae
  4. #056e99
  5. #045e83
  6. #044f6d
  7. #033f57
  8. #022f41
  9. #011f2c
  10. #011016
  11. #000000

Tints

#079dda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #079dda
  2. #20a7de
  3. #39b1e1
  4. #51bae5
  5. #6ac4e9
  6. #83ceed
  7. #9cd8f0
  8. #b5e2f4
  9. #cdebf8
  10. #e6f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#079dda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #079dda
  2. #139ad1
  3. #1f97c8
  4. #2b94bf
  5. #3791b6
  6. #448fad
  7. #508ca4
  8. #5c899b
  9. #688692
  10. #748389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7497b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ddd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #658cd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #649ddc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5093d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-079dda {
  color: #079dda;
}
Background
.bg-079dda {
  background-color: #079dda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-079dda {
  border: 2px solid #079dda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #079dda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 7 157 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 94% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-079dda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #079dda, #0733da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-079dda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(7 157 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.89 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.53 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.26 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.70 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.78 #f86225 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#079dda  rgb(7, 157, 218)  hsl(197, 94%, 44%)  Carolina Blue
#da4407  rgb(218, 68, 7)  hsl(17, 94%, 44%)  Sinopia
#da079d  rgb(218, 7, 157)  hsl(317, 94%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#9dda07  rgb(157, 218, 7)  hsl(77, 94%, 44%)  Yellow Green