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#35A2DB

#35a2db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#35a2db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 63.53% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.8% cyan, 26.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 200.6°, with 69.75% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.94.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3171

Complementary

  1. #35a2db
  2. #db6e35

Split complementary

  1. #35a2db
  2. #db354f
  3. #dbc135

Analogous

  1. #35dbc1
  2. #35a2db
  3. #354fdb

Triadic

  1. #35a2db
  2. #db35a2
  3. #a2db35

Tetradic

  1. #35a2db
  2. #6e35db
  3. #db6e35
  4. #a2db35

Square

  1. #35a2db
  2. #c135db
  3. #db6e35
  4. #4fdb35

Monochromatic

  1. #124865
  2. #1e77a6
  3. #35a2db
  4. #76c0e7
  5. #b7def2

Shades

#35a2db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #35a2db
  2. #3092c5
  3. #2a82af
  4. #257199
  5. #206183
  6. #1b516e
  7. #154158
  8. #103142
  9. #0b202c
  10. #051016
  11. #000000

Tints

#35a2db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #35a2db
  2. #49abdf
  3. #5db5e2
  4. #72bee6
  5. #86c7e9
  6. #9ad1ed
  7. #aedaf1
  8. #c2e3f4
  9. #d7ecf8
  10. #ebf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#35a2db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #35a2db
  2. #3d9fd2
  3. #449bc9
  4. #4c98c0
  5. #5394b7
  6. #5b91ae
  7. #628ea4
  8. #6a8a9b
  9. #718792
  10. #798389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d9cb7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a1de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7092da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6fa2dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5e99da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-35a2db {
  color: #35a2db;
}
Background
.bg-35a2db {
  background-color: #35a2db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-35a2db {
  border: 2px solid #35a2db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #35a2db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 162 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 70% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-35a2db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #35a2db, #354fdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-35a2db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 162 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.36 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.53 #ca5d24 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#35a2db  rgb(53, 162, 219)  hsl(201, 70%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#db6e35  rgb(219, 110, 53)  hsl(21, 70%, 53%)  Chocolate
#db35a2  rgb(219, 53, 162)  hsl(321, 70%, 53%)  Mulberry
#a2db35  rgb(162, 219, 53)  hsl(81, 70%, 53%)  Yellow Green