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#40A0FA

#40a0fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40a0fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 62.75% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.4% cyan, 36% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 209.03°, with 94.9% saturation and 61.57% 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 7.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.91.

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Relative luminance0.3313

Complementary

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #fa9a40

Split complementary

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #fa4043
  3. #faf740

Analogous

  1. #40faf7
  2. #40a0fa
  3. #4043fa

Triadic

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #fa40a0
  3. #a0fa40

Tetradic

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #9a40fa
  3. #fa9a40
  4. #a0fa40

Square

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #f740fa
  3. #fa9a40
  4. #43fa40

Monochromatic

  1. #04539d
  2. #067ae7
  3. #40a0fa
  4. #8bc5fc
  5. #d5eafe

Shades

#40a0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #3a90e1
  3. #3380c8
  4. #2d70af
  5. #266096
  6. #20507d
  7. #1a4064
  8. #13304b
  9. #0d2032
  10. #061019
  11. #000000

Tints

#40a0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #53aafb
  3. #66b3fb
  4. #79bdfc
  5. #8cc6fc
  6. #a0d0fd
  7. #b3d9fd
  8. #c6e3fe
  9. #d9ecfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40a0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40a0fa
  2. #469dee
  3. #4d9ae2
  4. #5396d5
  5. #5a93c9
  6. #6090bd
  7. #668db1
  8. #6d8aa5
  9. #738698
  10. #7a838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819dc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5b94f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #65a3fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5199f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40a0fa {
  color: #40a0fa;
}
Background
.bg-40a0fa {
  background-color: #40a0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40a0fa {
  border: 2px solid #40a0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40a0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 160 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40a0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40a0fa, #4043fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40a0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 160 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.79 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.41 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.98 #bf5f05 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#40a0fa  rgb(64, 160, 250)  hsl(209, 95%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#fa9a40  rgb(250, 154, 64)  hsl(29, 95%, 62%)  Neon Carrot
#fa40a0  rgb(250, 64, 160)  hsl(329, 95%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a0fa40  rgb(160, 250, 64)  hsl(89, 95%, 62%)  Green Yellow