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#40A3CD

#40a3cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40a3cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 63.92% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.78% cyan, 20.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 197.87°, with 58.51% saturation and 52.75% 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 4.76.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3169

Complementary

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #cd6a40

Split complementary

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #cd405d
  3. #cdb140

Analogous

  1. #40cdb1
  2. #40a3cd
  3. #405dcd

Triadic

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #cd40a3
  3. #a3cd40

Tetradic

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #6a40cd
  3. #cd6a40
  4. #a3cd40

Square

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #b140cd
  3. #cd6a40
  4. #5dcd40

Monochromatic

  1. #18485c
  2. #287799
  3. #40a3cd
  4. #7dc0dd
  5. #b9dded

Shades

#40a3cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #3a93b9
  3. #3382a4
  4. #2d7290
  5. #26627b
  6. #205267
  7. #1a4152
  8. #13313e
  9. #0d2129
  10. #061015
  11. #000000

Tints

#40a3cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #53acd2
  3. #66b5d7
  4. #79bfdc
  5. #8cc8e1
  6. #a0d1e6
  7. #b3daeb
  8. #c6e3f0
  9. #d9edf5
  10. #ecf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40a3cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40a3cd
  2. #46a0c5
  3. #4d9cbe
  4. #5399b6
  5. #5a95ae
  6. #6092a7
  7. #668e9f
  8. #6d8b97
  9. #73878f
  10. #7a8488
  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 #7f9db0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da1cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a93cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a2ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6899cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aabd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40a3cd {
  color: #40a3cd;
}
Background
.bg-40a3cd {
  background-color: #40a3cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40a3cd {
  border: 2px solid #40a3cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40a3cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 163 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 59% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40a3cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40a3cd, #405dcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40a3cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 163 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.04 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.70 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.36 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.79 #bf5c32 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#40a3cd  rgb(64, 163, 205)  hsl(198, 59%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6a40  rgb(205, 106, 64)  hsl(18, 59%, 53%)  Flame
#cd40a3  rgb(205, 64, 163)  hsl(318, 59%, 53%)  Mulberry
#a3cd40  rgb(163, 205, 64)  hsl(78, 59%, 53%)  Yellow Green