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#31A2CD

#31a2cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#31a2cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.22% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.1% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.54°, with 61.42% saturation and 49.8% 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 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.51.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.309

Complementary

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #cd5c31

Split complementary

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #cd3154
  3. #cdaa31

Analogous

  1. #31cdaa
  2. #31a2cd
  3. #3154cd

Triadic

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #cd31a2
  3. #a2cd31

Tetradic

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #5c31cd
  3. #cd5c31
  4. #a2cd31

Square

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #aa31cd
  3. #cd5c31
  4. #54cd31

Monochromatic

  1. #134052
  2. #22718f
  3. #31a2cd
  4. #6ebedc
  5. #acdaeb

Shades

#31a2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #2c92b9
  3. #2782a4
  4. #227190
  5. #1d617b
  6. #195167
  7. #144152
  8. #0f313e
  9. #0a2029
  10. #051015
  11. #000000

Tints

#31a2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #46abd2
  3. #5ab5d7
  4. #6fbedc
  5. #83c7e1
  6. #98d1e6
  7. #addaeb
  8. #c1e3f0
  9. #d6ecf5
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#31a2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #31a2cd
  2. #399fc5
  3. #419bbe
  4. #4998b6
  5. #5194ae
  6. #5991a7
  7. #608e9f
  8. #688a97
  9. #70878f
  10. #788388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9baf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8b9fcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7790cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6298cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-31a2cd {
  color: #31a2cd;
}
Background
.bg-31a2cd {
  background-color: #31a2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-31a2cd {
  border: 2px solid #31a2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #31a2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 49 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 61% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-31a2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #31a2cd, #3154cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-31a2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(49 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.51 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.00 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.56 #ce5d32 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#31a2cd  rgb(49, 162, 205)  hsl(197, 61%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#cd5c31  rgb(205, 92, 49)  hsl(17, 61%, 50%)  Flame
#cd31a2  rgb(205, 49, 162)  hsl(317, 61%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#a2cd31  rgb(162, 205, 49)  hsl(77, 61%, 50%)  Yellow Green