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#32A5CF

#32a5cf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#32a5cf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.61% red, 64.71% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.85% cyan, 20.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 196.05°, with 62.06% saturation and 50.39% 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 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.97.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3209

Complementary

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #cf5c32

Split complementary

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #cf3256
  3. #cfaa32

Analogous

  1. #32cfaa
  2. #32a5cf
  3. #3256cf

Triadic

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #cf32a5
  3. #a5cf32

Tetradic

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #5c32cf
  3. #cf5c32
  4. #a5cf32

Square

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #aa32cf
  3. #cf5c32
  4. #56cf32

Monochromatic

  1. #144354
  2. #227492
  3. #32a5cf
  4. #70c0de
  5. #aedbec

Shades

#32a5cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #2d95ba
  3. #2884a6
  4. #237491
  5. #1e637c
  6. #195368
  7. #144253
  8. #0f323e
  9. #0a2129
  10. #051115
  11. #000000

Tints

#32a5cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #47aed4
  3. #5bb7d9
  4. #70c0dd
  5. #84c9e2
  6. #99d2e7
  7. #addbec
  8. #c2e4f1
  9. #d6edf5
  10. #ebf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#32a5cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #32a5cf
  2. #3aa1c7
  3. #429ebf
  4. #499ab7
  5. #5196af
  6. #5993a8
  7. #618fa0
  8. #698b98
  9. #708790
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9eb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa2d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a93ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a3d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #649acf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-32a5cf {
  color: #32a5cf;
}
Background
.bg-32a5cf {
  background-color: #32a5cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-32a5cf {
  border: 2px solid #32a5cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #32a5cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 50 165 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 62% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-32a5cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #32a5cf, #3256cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-32a5cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(50 165 207 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.97 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.36 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.99 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.38 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.09 #cd5a30 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#32a5cf  rgb(50, 165, 207)  hsl(196, 62%, 50%)  Carolina Blue
#cf5c32  rgb(207, 92, 50)  hsl(16, 62%, 50%)  Flame
#cf32a5  rgb(207, 50, 165)  hsl(316, 62%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#a5cf32  rgb(165, 207, 50)  hsl(76, 62%, 50%)  Yellow Green