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#449FD8

#449fd8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449fd8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 62.35% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.52% cyan, 26.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 203.11°, with 65.49% saturation and 55.69% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.64.

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Relative luminance0.3098

Complementary

  1. #449fd8
  2. #d87d44

Split complementary

  1. #449fd8
  2. #d84455
  3. #d8c744

Analogous

  1. #44d8c7
  2. #449fd8
  3. #4455d8

Triadic

  1. #449fd8
  2. #d8449f
  3. #9fd844

Tetradic

  1. #449fd8
  2. #7d44d8
  3. #d87d44
  4. #9fd844

Square

  1. #449fd8
  2. #c744d8
  3. #d87d44
  4. #55d844

Monochromatic

  1. #174b6c
  2. #2477ac
  3. #449fd8
  4. #83c0e5
  5. #c3e0f2

Shades

#449fd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449fd8
  2. #3d8fc2
  3. #367fad
  4. #306f97
  5. #295f82
  6. #22506c
  7. #1b4056
  8. #143041
  9. #0e202b
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#449fd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449fd8
  2. #57a9dc
  3. #69b2e0
  4. #7cbce4
  5. #8fc5e8
  6. #a2cfec
  7. #b4d9ef
  8. #c7e2f3
  9. #daecf7
  10. #ecf5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449fd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449fd8
  2. #4a9ccf
  3. #5099c6
  4. #5696be
  5. #5c93b5
  6. #6290ac
  7. #688ca3
  8. #6e899a
  9. #748692
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ab5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859fdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7091d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #709fda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6297d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449fd8 {
  color: #449fd8;
}
Background
.bg-449fd8 {
  background-color: #449fd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449fd8 {
  border: 2px solid #449fd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449fd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 159 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 65% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449fd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449fd8, #4455d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449fd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 159 216 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.23 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.66 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.71 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.42 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.94 #bb6027 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449fd8  rgb(68, 159, 216)  hsl(203, 65%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#d87d44  rgb(216, 125, 68)  hsl(23, 65%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#d8449f  rgb(216, 68, 159)  hsl(323, 65%, 56%)  Mulberry
#9fd844  rgb(159, 216, 68)  hsl(83, 65%, 56%)  Yellow Green