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#449DEE

#449dee ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449dee 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 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.43% cyan, 34.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 208.59°, with 83.33% saturation and 60% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3152

Complementary

  1. #449dee
  2. #ee9544

Split complementary

  1. #449dee
  2. #ee4448
  3. #eeea44

Analogous

  1. #44eeea
  2. #449dee
  3. #4448ee

Triadic

  1. #449dee
  2. #ee449d
  3. #9dee44

Tetradic

  1. #449dee
  2. #9544ee
  3. #ee9544
  4. #9dee44

Square

  1. #449dee
  2. #ea44ee
  3. #ee9544
  4. #48ee44

Monochromatic

  1. #0d4f8c
  2. #1377d2
  3. #449dee
  4. #8ac2f4
  5. #d0e6fb

Shades

#449dee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449dee
  2. #3d8dd6
  3. #367ebe
  4. #306ea7
  5. #295e8f
  6. #224f77
  7. #1b3f5f
  8. #142f47
  9. #0e1f30
  10. #071018
  11. #000000

Tints

#449dee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449dee
  2. #57a7f0
  3. #69b1f1
  4. #7cbaf3
  5. #8fc4f5
  6. #a2cef7
  7. #b4d8f8
  8. #c7e2fa
  9. #daebfc
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449dee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449dee
  2. #4a9ae3
  3. #5097d8
  4. #5694cd
  5. #5c91c2
  6. #628fb7
  7. #688cac
  8. #6e89a1
  9. #748696
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9ac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #78a1f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6091ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #679ff0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5696ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449dee {
  color: #449dee;
}
Background
.bg-449dee {
  background-color: #449dee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449dee {
  border: 2px solid #449dee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449dee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 157 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 83% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449dee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449dee, #4448ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449dee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 157 238 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.38 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.29 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.22 #bb6211 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449dee  rgb(68, 157, 238)  hsl(209, 83%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ee9544  rgb(238, 149, 68)  hsl(29, 83%, 60%)  Cadmium Orange
#ee449d  rgb(238, 68, 157)  hsl(329, 83%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#9dee44  rgb(157, 238, 68)  hsl(89, 83%, 60%)  Inchworm