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#40ACDD

#40acdd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40acdd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 67.45% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.04% cyan, 22.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.73°, with 69.78% saturation and 55.88% 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 8.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3582

Complementary

  1. #40acdd
  2. #dd7140

Split complementary

  1. #40acdd
  2. #dd405d
  3. #ddc040

Analogous

  1. #40ddc0
  2. #40acdd
  3. #405ddd

Triadic

  1. #40acdd
  2. #dd40ac
  3. #acdd40

Tetradic

  1. #40acdd
  2. #7140dd
  3. #dd7140
  4. #acdd40

Square

  1. #40acdd
  2. #c040dd
  3. #dd7140
  4. #5ddd40

Monochromatic

  1. #145370
  2. #2084b1
  3. #40acdd
  4. #81c8e9
  5. #c2e4f4

Shades

#40acdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40acdd
  2. #3a9bc7
  3. #338ab1
  4. #2d789b
  5. #266785
  6. #20566f
  7. #1a4558
  8. #133442
  9. #0d222c
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#40acdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40acdd
  2. #53b4e0
  3. #66bde4
  4. #79c5e7
  5. #8ccdeb
  6. #a0d6ee
  7. #b3def1
  8. #c6e6f5
  9. #d9eef8
  10. #ecf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40acdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40acdd
  2. #46a8d4
  3. #4da3ca
  4. #539fc1
  5. #5a9ab8
  6. #6096af
  7. #6692a5
  8. #6d8d9c
  9. #738993
  10. #7a8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a6bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93aadf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e9bdc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7babde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ba2dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40acdd {
  color: #40acdd;
}
Background
.bg-40acdd {
  background-color: #40acdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40acdd {
  border: 2px solid #40acdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40acdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 172 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 70% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40acdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40acdd, #405ddd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40acdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 172 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.07 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.62 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.50 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.41 #bf5322 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#40acdd  rgb(64, 172, 221)  hsl(199, 70%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#dd7140  rgb(221, 113, 64)  hsl(19, 70%, 56%)  Burnt Sienna
#dd40ac  rgb(221, 64, 172)  hsl(319, 70%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#acdd40  rgb(172, 221, 64)  hsl(79, 70%, 56%)  June Bud