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#449CE3

#449ce3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449ce3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 61.18% green and 89.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.04% cyan, 31.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black. Its hue angle is 206.79°, with 73.95% saturation and 57.84% 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 3.14.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3055

Complementary

  1. #449ce3
  2. #e38b44

Split complementary

  1. #449ce3
  2. #e3444c
  3. #e3da44

Analogous

  1. #44e3da
  2. #449ce3
  3. #444ce3

Triadic

  1. #449ce3
  2. #e3449c
  3. #9ce344

Tetradic

  1. #449ce3
  2. #8b44e3
  3. #e38b44
  4. #9ce344

Square

  1. #449ce3
  2. #da44e3
  3. #e38b44
  4. #4ce344

Monochromatic

  1. #124d7b
  2. #1c76be
  3. #449ce3
  4. #87bfed
  5. #c9e2f7

Shades

#449ce3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449ce3
  2. #3d8ccc
  3. #367db6
  4. #306d9f
  5. #295e88
  6. #224e72
  7. #1b3e5b
  8. #142f44
  9. #0e1f2d
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#449ce3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449ce3
  2. #57a6e6
  3. #69b0e9
  4. #7cbaeb
  5. #8fc4ee
  6. #a2cef1
  7. #b4d7f4
  8. #c7e1f7
  9. #daebf9
  10. #ecf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449ce3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449ce3
  2. #4a99d9
  3. #5096cf
  4. #5694c5
  5. #5c91bb
  6. #628eb2
  7. #688ba8
  8. #6e889e
  9. #748694
  10. #7a838a
  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 #7d99ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9ee6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #668fe2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6a9de5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a95e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449ce3 {
  color: #449ce3;
}
Background
.bg-449ce3 {
  background-color: #449ce3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449ce3 {
  border: 2px solid #449ce3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449ce3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 156 227;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 74% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449ce3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449ce3, #444ce3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449ce3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 156 227 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.49 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.06 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.99 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.42 #bb631c Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449ce3  rgb(68, 156, 227)  hsl(207, 74%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#e38b44  rgb(227, 139, 68)  hsl(27, 74%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#e3449c  rgb(227, 68, 156)  hsl(327, 74%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#9ce344  rgb(156, 227, 68)  hsl(87, 74%, 58%)  Inchworm