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#35ACDD

#35acdd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#35acdd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 67.45% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.02% cyan, 22.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 197.5°, with 71.19% saturation and 53.73% 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 8.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.65.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3548

Complementary

  1. #35acdd
  2. #dd6635

Split complementary

  1. #35acdd
  2. #dd3558
  3. #ddba35

Analogous

  1. #35ddba
  2. #35acdd
  3. #3558dd

Triadic

  1. #35acdd
  2. #dd35ac
  3. #acdd35

Tetradic

  1. #35acdd
  2. #6635dd
  3. #dd6635
  4. #acdd35

Square

  1. #35acdd
  2. #ba35dd
  3. #dd6635
  4. #58dd35

Monochromatic

  1. #114e68
  2. #1c80a9
  3. #35acdd
  4. #76c7e8
  5. #b8e2f3

Shades

#35acdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #35acdd
  2. #309bc7
  3. #2a8ab1
  4. #25789b
  5. #206785
  6. #1b566f
  7. #154558
  8. #103442
  9. #0b222c
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#35acdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #35acdd
  2. #49b4e0
  3. #5dbde4
  4. #72c5e7
  5. #86cdeb
  6. #9ad6ee
  7. #aedef1
  8. #c2e6f5
  9. #d7eef8
  10. #ebf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#35acdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #35acdd
  2. #3da8d4
  3. #44a3ca
  4. #4c9fc1
  5. #539ab8
  6. #5b96af
  7. #6292a5
  8. #6a8d9c
  9. #718993
  10. #798489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a5bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93aadf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9adc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78abde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a1dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-35acdd {
  color: #35acdd;
}
Background
.bg-35acdd {
  background-color: #35acdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-35acdd {
  border: 2px solid #35acdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #35acdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 172 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 71% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-35acdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #35acdd, #3558dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-35acdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 172 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.65 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.75 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.62 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.82 #ca5322 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#35acdd  rgb(53, 172, 221)  hsl(198, 71%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#dd6635  rgb(221, 102, 53)  hsl(18, 71%, 54%)  Flame
#dd35ac  rgb(221, 53, 172)  hsl(318, 71%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#acdd35  rgb(172, 221, 53)  hsl(78, 71%, 54%)  June Bud