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#449BE9

#449be9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449be9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 60.78% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.82% cyan, 33.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 208.36°, with 78.95% saturation and 59.02% 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 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.02.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3055

Complementary

  1. #449be9
  2. #e99244

Split complementary

  1. #449be9
  2. #e94449
  3. #e9e444

Analogous

  1. #44e9e4
  2. #449be9
  3. #4449e9

Triadic

  1. #449be9
  2. #e9449b
  3. #9be944

Tetradic

  1. #449be9
  2. #9244e9
  3. #e99244
  4. #9be944

Square

  1. #449be9
  2. #e444e9
  3. #e99244
  4. #49e944

Monochromatic

  1. #104d84
  2. #1875c9
  3. #449be9
  4. #88c0f1
  5. #cde4f9

Shades

#449be9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449be9
  2. #3d8cd2
  3. #367cba
  4. #306da3
  5. #295d8c
  6. #224e75
  7. #1b3e5d
  8. #142f46
  9. #0e1f2f
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#449be9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449be9
  2. #57a5eb
  3. #69afed
  4. #7cb9f0
  5. #8fc3f2
  6. #a2cdf4
  7. #b4d7f6
  8. #c7e1f8
  9. #daebfb
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449be9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449be9
  2. #4a98df
  3. #5096d4
  4. #5693ca
  5. #5c90bf
  6. #628eb5
  7. #688baa
  8. #6e88a0
  9. #748595
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d98bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #789fec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #608fe7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679deb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5694e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449be9 {
  color: #449be9;
}
Background
.bg-449be9 {
  background-color: #449be9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449be9 {
  border: 2px solid #449be9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449be9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 155 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 79% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449be9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449be9, #4449e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449be9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 155 233 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.02 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.05 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.75 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.17 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.50 #bb6416 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449be9  rgb(68, 155, 233)  hsl(208, 79%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#e99244  rgb(233, 146, 68)  hsl(28, 79%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#e9449b  rgb(233, 68, 155)  hsl(328, 79%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#9be944  rgb(155, 233, 68)  hsl(88, 79%, 59%)  Inchworm