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#449ADE

#449ade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449ade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 60.39% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.37% cyan, 30.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 206.49°, with 70% saturation and 56.86% 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 6.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.13.

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Relative luminance0.2961

Complementary

  1. #449ade
  2. #de8844

Split complementary

  1. #449ade
  2. #de444d
  3. #ded544

Analogous

  1. #44ded5
  2. #449ade
  3. #444dde

Triadic

  1. #449ade
  2. #de449a
  3. #9ade44

Tetradic

  1. #449ade
  2. #8844de
  3. #de8844
  4. #9ade44

Square

  1. #449ade
  2. #d544de
  3. #de8844
  4. #4dde44

Monochromatic

  1. #154a74
  2. #2073b5
  3. #449ade
  4. #85bde9
  5. #c6e0f5

Shades

#449ade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449ade
  2. #3d8bc8
  3. #367bb2
  4. #306c9b
  5. #295c85
  6. #224d6f
  7. #1b3e59
  8. #142e43
  9. #0e1f2c
  10. #070f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#449ade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449ade
  2. #57a4e1
  3. #69aee5
  4. #7cb8e8
  5. #8fc2eb
  6. #a2cdef
  7. #b4d7f2
  8. #c7e1f5
  9. #daebf8
  10. #ecf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449ade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449ade
  2. #4a97d5
  3. #5095cb
  4. #5692c2
  5. #5c90b8
  6. #628daf
  7. #688aa6
  8. #6e889c
  9. #748593
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c96b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b9ce1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #668ddd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9be0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a93dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449ade {
  color: #449ade;
}
Background
.bg-449ade {
  background-color: #449ade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449ade {
  border: 2px solid #449ade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449ade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 154 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 70% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449ade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449ade, #444dde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449ade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 154 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.84 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.02 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.00 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.74 #bb6521 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449ade  rgb(68, 154, 222)  hsl(206, 70%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#de8844  rgb(222, 136, 68)  hsl(26, 70%, 57%)  Persian Orange
#de449a  rgb(222, 68, 154)  hsl(326, 70%, 57%)  Mulberry
#9ade44  rgb(154, 222, 68)  hsl(86, 70%, 57%)  Inchworm