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#42A2CD

#42a2cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#42a2cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.88% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.8% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 198.56°, with 58.16% saturation and 53.14% 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 7.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3141

Complementary

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #cd6d42

Split complementary

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #cd425d
  3. #cdb342

Analogous

  1. #42cdb3
  2. #42a2cd
  3. #425dcd

Triadic

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #cd42a2
  3. #a2cd42

Tetradic

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #6d42cd
  3. #cd6d42
  4. #a2cd42

Square

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #b342cd
  3. #cd6d42
  4. #5dcd42

Monochromatic

  1. #19485d
  2. #29779a
  3. #42a2cd
  4. #7fc0dd
  5. #bbdeed

Shades

#42a2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #3b92b9
  3. #3582a4
  4. #2e7190
  5. #28617b
  6. #215167
  7. #1a4152
  8. #14313e
  9. #0d2029
  10. #071015
  11. #000000

Tints

#42a2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #55abd2
  3. #68b5d7
  4. #7bbedc
  5. #8ec7e1
  6. #a1d1e6
  7. #b3daeb
  8. #c6e3f0
  9. #d9ecf5
  10. #ecf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#42a2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #42a2cd
  2. #489fc5
  3. #4e9bbe
  4. #5598b6
  5. #5b94ae
  6. #6191a7
  7. #678e9f
  8. #6d8a97
  9. #74878f
  10. #7a8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9cb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca0cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7992cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a1ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6799cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-42a2cd {
  color: #42a2cd;
}
Background
.bg-42a2cd {
  background-color: #42a2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-42a2cd {
  border: 2px solid #42a2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #42a2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 66 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 58% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-42a2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #42a2cd, #425dcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-42a2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(66 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.24 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.58 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.76 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.85 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.02 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.75 #bd5d32 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#42a2cd  rgb(66, 162, 205)  hsl(199, 58%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#cd6d42  rgb(205, 109, 66)  hsl(19, 58%, 53%)  Flame
#cd42a2  rgb(205, 66, 162)  hsl(319, 58%, 53%)  Mulberry
#a2cd42  rgb(162, 205, 66)  hsl(79, 58%, 53%)  Yellow Green