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#44A2CA

#44a2ca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#44a2ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 63.53% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.34% cyan, 19.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 197.91°, with 55.83% saturation and 52.94% 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 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.85.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3133

Complementary

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #ca6c44

Split complementary

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #ca445f
  3. #caaf44

Analogous

  1. #44caaf
  2. #44a2ca
  3. #445fca

Triadic

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #ca44a2
  3. #a2ca44

Tetradic

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #6c44ca
  3. #ca6c44
  4. #a2ca44

Square

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #af44ca
  3. #ca6c44
  4. #5fca44

Monochromatic

  1. #1a485b
  2. #2b7797
  3. #44a2ca
  4. #80c0db
  5. #bbddec

Shades

#44a2ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #3d92b6
  3. #3682a2
  4. #30718d
  5. #296179
  6. #225165
  7. #1b4151
  8. #14313d
  9. #0e2028
  10. #071014
  11. #000000

Tints

#44a2ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #57abcf
  3. #69b5d5
  4. #7cbeda
  5. #8fc7df
  6. #a2d1e5
  7. #b4daea
  8. #c7e3ef
  9. #daecf4
  10. #ecf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#44a2ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #44a2ca
  2. #4a9fc3
  3. #509bbb
  4. #5698b4
  5. #5c94ac
  6. #6291a5
  7. #688e9e
  8. #6e8a96
  9. #74878f
  10. #7a8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9cae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da0cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b92c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77a1cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6999ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-44a2ca {
  color: #44a2ca;
}
Background
.bg-44a2ca {
  background-color: #44a2ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-44a2ca {
  border: 2px solid #44a2ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #44a2ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 162 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 56% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-44a2ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #44a2ca, #445fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-44a2ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 162 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.91 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.96 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.09 #bb5d35 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#44a2ca  rgb(68, 162, 202)  hsl(198, 56%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ca6c44  rgb(202, 108, 68)  hsl(18, 56%, 53%)  Flame
#ca44a2  rgb(202, 68, 162)  hsl(318, 56%, 53%)  Mulberry
#a2ca44  rgb(162, 202, 68)  hsl(78, 56%, 53%)  Yellow Green