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#449FEA

#449fea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#449fea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.94% cyan, 32.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 207.11°, with 79.81% saturation and 59.22% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3197

Complementary

  1. #449fea
  2. #ea8f44

Split complementary

  1. #449fea
  2. #ea444c
  3. #eae244

Analogous

  1. #44eae2
  2. #449fea
  3. #444cea

Triadic

  1. #449fea
  2. #ea449f
  3. #9fea44

Tetradic

  1. #449fea
  2. #8f44ea
  3. #ea8f44
  4. #9fea44

Square

  1. #449fea
  2. #e244ea
  3. #ea8f44
  4. #4cea44

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5086
  2. #1779cb
  3. #449fea
  4. #89c2f2
  5. #cee6f9

Shades

#449fea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #449fea
  2. #3d8fd3
  3. #367fbb
  4. #306fa4
  5. #295f8c
  6. #225075
  7. #1b405e
  8. #143046
  9. #0e202f
  10. #071017
  11. #000000

Tints

#449fea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #449fea
  2. #57a9ec
  3. #69b2ee
  4. #7cbcf0
  5. #8fc5f2
  6. #a2cff5
  7. #b4d9f7
  8. #c7e2f9
  9. #daecfb
  10. #ecf5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#449fea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #449fea
  2. #4a9cdf
  3. #5099d5
  4. #5696ca
  5. #5c93c0
  6. #6290b5
  7. #688caa
  8. #6e89a0
  9. #748695
  10. #7a838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809cbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da2ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6692e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6ba1ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a97e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aacf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-449fea {
  color: #449fea;
}
Background
.bg-449fea {
  background-color: #449fea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-449fea {
  border: 2px solid #449fea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #449fea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 159 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-449fea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #449fea, #444cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-449fea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 159 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.37 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.20 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.46 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.07 #bb6015 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#449fea  rgb(68, 159, 234)  hsl(207, 80%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8f44  rgb(234, 143, 68)  hsl(27, 80%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea449f  rgb(234, 68, 159)  hsl(327, 80%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#9fea44  rgb(159, 234, 68)  hsl(87, 80%, 59%)  Inchworm