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#31ABDA

#31abda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#31abda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.22% red, 67.06% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.52% cyan, 21.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 196.69°, with 69.55% saturation and 52.35% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.95.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3484

Complementary

  1. #31abda
  2. #da6031

Split complementary

  1. #31abda
  2. #da3156
  3. #dab531

Analogous

  1. #31dab5
  2. #31abda
  3. #3156da

Triadic

  1. #31abda
  2. #da31ab
  3. #abda31

Tetradic

  1. #31abda
  2. #6031da
  3. #da6031
  4. #abda31

Square

  1. #31abda
  2. #b531da
  3. #da6031
  4. #56da31

Monochromatic

  1. #114b61
  2. #1d7da1
  3. #31abda
  4. #72c5e6
  5. #b3e0f1

Shades

#31abda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #31abda
  2. #2c9ac4
  3. #2789ae
  4. #227899
  5. #1d6783
  6. #19566d
  7. #144457
  8. #0f3341
  9. #0a222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#31abda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #31abda
  2. #46b3de
  3. #5abce1
  4. #6fc4e5
  5. #83cde9
  6. #98d5ed
  7. #adddf0
  8. #c1e6f4
  9. #d6eef8
  10. #eaf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#31abda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #31abda
  2. #39a7d1
  3. #41a2c8
  4. #499ebf
  5. #519ab6
  6. #5996ad
  7. #6091a4
  8. #688d9b
  9. #708992
  10. #788489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a4ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a8dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c98d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a9db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #66a0da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-31abda {
  color: #31abda;
}
Background
.bg-31abda {
  background-color: #31abda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-31abda {
  border: 2px solid #31abda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #31abda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 49 171 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 70% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-31abda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #31abda, #3156da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-31abda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(49 171 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.95 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.27 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.30 #ce5425 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#31abda  rgb(49, 171, 218)  hsl(197, 70%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#da6031  rgb(218, 96, 49)  hsl(17, 70%, 52%)  Flame
#da31ab  rgb(218, 49, 171)  hsl(317, 70%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#abda31  rgb(171, 218, 49)  hsl(77, 70%, 52%)  Yellow Green