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#449FE5

#449fe5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449fe5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.31% cyan, 30.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 206.09°, with 75.59% saturation and 58.24% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3168

Complementary

  1. #449fe5
  2. #e58a44

Split complementary

  1. #449fe5
  2. #e5444f
  3. #e5db44

Analogous

  1. #44e5db
  2. #449fe5
  3. #444fe5

Triadic

  1. #449fe5
  2. #e5449f
  3. #9fe544

Tetradic

  1. #449fe5
  2. #8a44e5
  3. #e58a44
  4. #9fe544

Square

  1. #449fe5
  2. #db44e5
  3. #e58a44
  4. #4fe544

Monochromatic

  1. #124f7e
  2. #1b79c2
  3. #449fe5
  4. #87c1ee
  5. #cae4f8

Shades

#449fe5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449fe5
  2. #3d8fce
  3. #367fb7
  4. #306fa0
  5. #295f89
  6. #225073
  7. #1b405c
  8. #143045
  9. #0e202e
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#449fe5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449fe5
  2. #57a9e8
  3. #69b2ea
  4. #7cbced
  5. #8fc5ef
  6. #a2cff2
  7. #b4d9f5
  8. #c7e2f7
  9. #daecfa
  10. #ecf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449fe5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449fe5
  2. #4a9cdb
  3. #5099d1
  4. #5696c7
  5. #5c93bd
  6. #6290b3
  7. #688ca8
  8. #6e899e
  9. #748694
  10. #7a838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9bbc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa1e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6992e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ca0e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5c97e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449fe5 {
  color: #449fe5;
}
Background
.bg-449fe5 {
  background-color: #449fe5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449fe5 {
  border: 2px solid #449fe5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449fe5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 159 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 76% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449fe5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449fe5, #444fe5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449fe5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 159 229 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.83 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.65 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.98 #bb601a Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449fe5  rgb(68, 159, 229)  hsl(206, 76%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#e58a44  rgb(229, 138, 68)  hsl(26, 76%, 58%)  Cadmium Orange
#e5449f  rgb(229, 68, 159)  hsl(326, 76%, 58%)  Persian Rose
#9fe544  rgb(159, 229, 68)  hsl(86, 76%, 58%)  Inchworm