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#429EC6

#429ec6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#429ec6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 61.96% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.67% cyan, 20.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 198.18°, with 53.66% saturation and 51.76% 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 6.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.78.

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Relative luminance0.2969

Complementary

  1. #429ec6
  2. #c66a42

Split complementary

  1. #429ec6
  2. #c6425c
  3. #c6ac42

Analogous

  1. #42c6ac
  2. #429ec6
  3. #425cc6

Triadic

  1. #429ec6
  2. #c6429e
  3. #9ec642

Tetradic

  1. #429ec6
  2. #6a42c6
  3. #c66a42
  4. #9ec642

Square

  1. #429ec6
  2. #ac42c6
  3. #c66a42
  4. #5cc642

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4355
  2. #2b7290
  3. #429ec6
  4. #7dbcd8
  5. #b8dae9

Shades

#429ec6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #429ec6
  2. #3b8eb2
  3. #357e9e
  4. #2e6f8b
  5. #285f77
  6. #214f63
  7. #1a3f4f
  8. #142f3b
  9. #0d2028
  10. #071014
  11. #000000

Tints

#429ec6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #429ec6
  2. #55a8cc
  3. #68b1d1
  4. #7bbbd7
  5. #8ec5dd
  6. #a1cfe3
  7. #b3d8e8
  8. #c6e2ee
  9. #d9ecf4
  10. #ecf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#429ec6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #429ec6
  2. #489bbf
  3. #4e98b8
  4. #5595b1
  5. #5b92aa
  6. #618fa3
  7. #678c9c
  8. #6d8995
  9. #74868e
  10. #7a8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c98aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9cc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #778ec5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #749dc7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6695c6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a5b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-429ec6 {
  color: #429ec6;
}
Background
.bg-429ec6 {
  background-color: #429ec6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-429ec6 {
  border: 2px solid #429ec6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #429ec6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 158 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 54% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-429ec6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #429ec6, #425cc6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-429ec6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 158 198 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.78 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.20 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.93 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.23 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.81 #bd6139 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#429ec6  rgb(66, 158, 198)  hsl(198, 54%, 52%)  Carolina Blue
#c66a42  rgb(198, 106, 66)  hsl(18, 54%, 52%)  Flame
#c6429e  rgb(198, 66, 158)  hsl(318, 54%, 52%)  Mulberry
#9ec642  rgb(158, 198, 66)  hsl(78, 54%, 52%)  Yellow Green