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#209CCD

#209ccd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#209ccd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.55% red, 61.18% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.39% cyan, 23.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.99°, with 73% saturation and 46.47% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.11.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2849

Complementary

  1. #209ccd
  2. #cd5120

Split complementary

  1. #209ccd
  2. #cd2046
  3. #cda720

Analogous

  1. #20cda7
  2. #209ccd
  3. #2046cd

Triadic

  1. #209ccd
  2. #cd209c
  3. #9ccd20

Tetradic

  1. #209ccd
  2. #5120cd
  3. #cd5120
  4. #9ccd20

Square

  1. #209ccd
  2. #a720cd
  3. #cd5120
  4. #46cd20

Monochromatic

  1. #0b3749
  2. #166a8b
  3. #209ccd
  4. #55bce4
  5. #97d6ef

Shades

#209ccd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #209ccd
  2. #1d8cb9
  3. #1a7da4
  4. #166d90
  5. #135e7b
  6. #104e67
  7. #0d3e52
  8. #0a2f3e
  9. #061f29
  10. #031015
  11. #000000

Tints

#209ccd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #209ccd
  2. #36a6d2
  3. #4db0d7
  4. #63badc
  5. #79c4e1
  6. #90cee6
  7. #a6d7eb
  8. #bce1f0
  9. #d2ebf5
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#209ccd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #209ccd
  2. #2a99c5
  3. #3396be
  4. #3d94b6
  5. #4691ae
  6. #508ea7
  7. #5a8b9f
  8. #638897
  9. #6d868f
  10. #768388
  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 #7596ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839acf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d8bcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #699bce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5892cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-209ccd {
  color: #209ccd;
}
Background
.bg-209ccd {
  background-color: #209ccd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-209ccd {
  border: 2px solid #209ccd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #209ccd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 32 156 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 73% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-209ccd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #209ccd, #2046cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-209ccd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(32 156 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.31 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.55 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.56 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.29 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.38 #df6332 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#209ccd  rgb(32, 156, 205)  hsl(197, 73%, 46%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5120  rgb(205, 81, 32)  hsl(17, 73%, 46%)  Sinopia
#cd209c  rgb(205, 32, 156)  hsl(317, 73%, 46%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ccd20  rgb(156, 205, 32)  hsl(77, 73%, 46%)  Yellow Green