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#449DD7

#449dd7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449dd7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 61.57% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.37% cyan, 26.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 203.67°, with 64.76% saturation and 55.49% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.8.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3025

Complementary

  1. #449dd7
  2. #d77e44

Split complementary

  1. #449dd7
  2. #d74454
  3. #d7c744

Analogous

  1. #44d7c7
  2. #449dd7
  3. #4454d7

Triadic

  1. #449dd7
  2. #d7449d
  3. #9dd744

Tetradic

  1. #449dd7
  2. #7e44d7
  3. #d77e44
  4. #9dd744

Square

  1. #449dd7
  2. #c744d7
  3. #d77e44
  4. #54d744

Monochromatic

  1. #174a6b
  2. #2475aa
  3. #449dd7
  4. #83bee4
  5. #c2dff2

Shades

#449dd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449dd7
  2. #3d8dc2
  3. #367eac
  4. #306e97
  5. #295e81
  6. #224f6c
  7. #1b3f56
  8. #142f41
  9. #0e1f2b
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#449dd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449dd7
  2. #57a7db
  3. #69b1df
  4. #7cbae3
  5. #8fc4e7
  6. #a2ceeb
  7. #b4d8ef
  8. #c7e2f3
  9. #daebf7
  10. #ecf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449dd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449dd7
  2. #4a9ace
  3. #5097c6
  4. #5694bd
  5. #5c91b4
  6. #628fac
  7. #688ca3
  8. #6e899a
  9. #748691
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d99b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829dda ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e8fd6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9dd9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6095d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449dd7 {
  color: #449dd7;
}
Background
.bg-449dd7 {
  background-color: #449dd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449dd7 {
  border: 2px solid #449dd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449dd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 157 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 65% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449dd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449dd7, #4454d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449dd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 157 215 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.39 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.99 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.02 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.77 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.55 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.72 #bb6228 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449dd7  rgb(68, 157, 215)  hsl(204, 65%, 55%)  Carolina Blue
#d77e44  rgb(215, 126, 68)  hsl(24, 65%, 55%)  Raw Sienna
#d7449d  rgb(215, 68, 157)  hsl(324, 65%, 55%)  Mulberry
#9dd744  rgb(157, 215, 68)  hsl(84, 65%, 55%)  Yellow Green