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#449EDA

#449eda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449eda is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 61.96% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.81% cyan, 27.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 66.96% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.78.

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Relative luminance0.3074

Complementary

  1. #449eda
  2. #da8044

Split complementary

  1. #449eda
  2. #da4453
  3. #dacb44

Analogous

  1. #44dacb
  2. #449eda
  3. #4453da

Triadic

  1. #449eda
  2. #da449e
  3. #9eda44

Tetradic

  1. #449eda
  2. #8044da
  3. #da8044
  4. #9eda44

Square

  1. #449eda
  2. #cb44da
  3. #da8044
  4. #53da44

Monochromatic

  1. #164b6f
  2. #2377af
  3. #449eda
  4. #84bfe7
  5. #c4e0f3

Shades

#449eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449eda
  2. #3d8ec4
  3. #367eae
  4. #306f99
  5. #295f83
  6. #224f6d
  7. #1b3f57
  8. #142f41
  9. #0e202c
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#449eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449eda
  2. #57a8de
  3. #69b1e1
  4. #7cbbe5
  5. #8fc5e9
  6. #a2cfed
  7. #b4d8f0
  8. #c7e2f4
  9. #daecf8
  10. #ecf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449eda
  2. #4a9bd1
  3. #5098c8
  4. #5695bf
  5. #5c92b6
  6. #628fad
  7. #688ca4
  8. #6e899b
  9. #748692
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ab5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829fdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e90d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9edc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6096d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449eda {
  color: #449eda;
}
Background
.bg-449eda {
  background-color: #449eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449eda {
  border: 2px solid #449eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 158 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 67% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449eda, #4453da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 158 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.25 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.91 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.02 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.72 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.61 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.95 #bb6125 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449eda  rgb(68, 158, 218)  hsl(204, 67%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#da8044  rgb(218, 128, 68)  hsl(24, 67%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#da449e  rgb(218, 68, 158)  hsl(324, 67%, 56%)  Mulberry
#9eda44  rgb(158, 218, 68)  hsl(84, 67%, 56%)  Yellow Green