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#309ADC

#309adc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#309adc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.82% red, 60.39% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.18% cyan, 30% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 203.02°, with 71.07% saturation and 52.55% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.2891

Complementary

  1. #309adc
  2. #dc7230

Split complementary

  1. #309adc
  2. #dc3044
  3. #dcc830

Analogous

  1. #30dcc8
  2. #309adc
  3. #3044dc

Triadic

  1. #309adc
  2. #dc309a
  3. #9adc30

Tetradic

  1. #309adc
  2. #7230dc
  3. #dc7230
  4. #9adc30

Square

  1. #309adc
  2. #c830dc
  3. #dc7230
  4. #44dc30

Monochromatic

  1. #114362
  2. #1c70a4
  3. #309adc
  4. #71bae7
  5. #b3daf2

Shades

#309adc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #309adc
  2. #2b8bc6
  3. #267bb0
  4. #226c9a
  5. #1d5c84
  6. #184d6e
  7. #133e58
  8. #0e2e42
  9. #0a1f2c
  10. #050f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#309adc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #309adc
  2. #45a4e0
  3. #59aee3
  4. #6eb8e7
  5. #83c2ea
  6. #98cdee
  7. #acd7f1
  8. #c1e1f5
  9. #d6ebf8
  10. #eaf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#309adc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #309adc
  2. #3897d3
  3. #4095ca
  4. #4892c0
  5. #5090b7
  6. #588dae
  7. #608aa5
  8. #68889c
  9. #708592
  10. #788389
  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 #7795b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b9bdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #638bdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #659bde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5391db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-309adc {
  color: #309adc;
}
Background
.bg-309adc {
  background-color: #309adc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-309adc {
  border: 2px solid #309adc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #309adc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 48 154 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 71% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-309adc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #309adc, #3044dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-309adc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(48 154 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.34 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.33 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.80 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.00 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.83 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.90 #cf6523 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#309adc  rgb(48, 154, 220)  hsl(203, 71%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#dc7230  rgb(220, 114, 48)  hsl(23, 71%, 53%)  Chocolate
#dc309a  rgb(220, 48, 154)  hsl(323, 71%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9adc30  rgb(154, 220, 48)  hsl(83, 71%, 53%)  Yellow Green