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#429ADA

#429ada ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#429ada is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 60.39% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.72% cyan, 29.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 205.26°, with 67.26% saturation and 55.69% 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 6.87:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.76.

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Relative luminance0.2933

Complementary

  1. #429ada
  2. #da8242

Split complementary

  1. #429ada
  2. #da424e
  3. #dace42

Analogous

  1. #42dace
  2. #429ada
  3. #424eda

Triadic

  1. #429ada
  2. #da429a
  3. #9ada42

Tetradic

  1. #429ada
  2. #8242da
  3. #da8242
  4. #9ada42

Square

  1. #429ada
  2. #ce42da
  3. #da8242
  4. #4eda42

Monochromatic

  1. #15486e
  2. #2273ae
  3. #429ada
  4. #82bce7
  5. #c2def3

Shades

#429ada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #429ada
  2. #3b8bc4
  3. #357bae
  4. #2e6c99
  5. #285c83
  6. #214d6d
  7. #1a3e57
  8. #142e41
  9. #0d1f2c
  10. #070f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#429ada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #429ada
  2. #55a4de
  3. #68aee1
  4. #7bb8e5
  5. #8ec2e9
  6. #a1cded
  7. #b3d7f0
  8. #c6e1f4
  9. #d9ebf8
  10. #ecf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#429ada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #429ada
  2. #4897d1
  3. #4e95c8
  4. #5592bf
  5. #5b90b6
  6. #618dad
  7. #678aa4
  8. #6d889b
  9. #748592
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b96b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9bdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688dd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9bdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b92d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-429ada {
  color: #429ada;
}
Background
.bg-429ada {
  background-color: #429ada;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-429ada {
  border: 2px solid #429ada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #429ada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 154 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 67% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-429ada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #429ada, #424eda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-429ada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 154 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.76 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.50 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.70 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.44 #bd6525 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#429ada  rgb(66, 154, 218)  hsl(205, 67%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#da8242  rgb(218, 130, 66)  hsl(25, 67%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#da429a  rgb(218, 66, 154)  hsl(325, 67%, 56%)  Mulberry
#9ada42  rgb(154, 218, 66)  hsl(85, 67%, 56%)  Yellow Green