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#329CEB

#329ceb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#329ceb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.61% red, 61.18% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.72% cyan, 33.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 205.62°, with 82.22% saturation and 55.88% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.89.

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Relative luminance0.3045

Complementary

  1. #329ceb
  2. #eb8132

Split complementary

  1. #329ceb
  2. #eb323f
  3. #ebdd32

Analogous

  1. #32ebdd
  2. #329ceb
  3. #323feb

Triadic

  1. #329ceb
  2. #eb329c
  3. #9ceb32

Tetradic

  1. #329ceb
  2. #8132eb
  3. #eb8132
  4. #9ceb32

Square

  1. #329ceb
  2. #dd32eb
  3. #eb8132
  4. #3feb32

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4a78
  2. #1375be
  3. #329ceb
  4. #78bef2
  5. #bddff9

Shades

#329ceb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #329ceb
  2. #2d8cd4
  3. #287dbc
  4. #236da5
  5. #1e5e8d
  6. #194e76
  7. #143e5e
  8. #0f2f47
  9. #0a1f2f
  10. #051018
  11. #000000

Tints

#329ceb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #329ceb
  2. #47a6ed
  3. #5bb0ef
  4. #70baf1
  5. #84c4f3
  6. #99cef5
  7. #add7f7
  8. #c2e1f9
  9. #d6ebfb
  10. #ebf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#329ceb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #329ceb
  2. #3a99e0
  3. #4296d6
  4. #4994cb
  5. #5191c0
  6. #598eb6
  7. #618bab
  8. #6988a0
  9. #708695
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a98be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #779fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d8eea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #639eed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4f94ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-329ceb {
  color: #329ceb;
}
Background
.bg-329ceb {
  background-color: #329ceb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-329ceb {
  border: 2px solid #329ceb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #329ceb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 50 156 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 82% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-329ceb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #329ceb, #323feb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-329ceb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(50 156 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.12 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.38 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.86 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.87 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.83 #cd6314 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#329ceb  rgb(50, 156, 235)  hsl(206, 82%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#eb8132  rgb(235, 129, 50)  hsl(26, 82%, 56%)  Cadmium Orange
#eb329c  rgb(235, 50, 156)  hsl(326, 82%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#9ceb32  rgb(156, 235, 50)  hsl(86, 82%, 56%)  Inchworm