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#44A8EA

#44a8ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#44a8ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.67% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.94% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.86°, 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 8.03:1 (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 luminance0.3517

Complementary

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #ea8644

Split complementary

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #ea4455
  3. #ead944

Analogous

  1. #44ead9
  2. #44a8ea
  3. #4455ea

Triadic

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #ea44a8
  3. #a8ea44

Tetradic

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #8644ea
  3. #ea8644
  4. #a8ea44

Square

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #d944ea
  3. #ea8644
  4. #55ea44

Monochromatic

  1. #0f5786
  2. #1783cb
  3. #44a8ea
  4. #89c8f2
  5. #cee8f9

Shades

#44a8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #3d97d3
  3. #3686bb
  4. #3076a4
  5. #29658c
  6. #225475
  7. #1b435e
  8. #143246
  9. #0e222f
  10. #071117
  11. #000000

Tints

#44a8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #57b1ec
  3. #69b9ee
  4. #7cc2f0
  5. #8fcbf2
  6. #a2d4f5
  7. #b4dcf7
  8. #c7e5f9
  9. #daeefb
  10. #ecf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#44a8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #44a8ea
  2. #4aa4df
  3. #50a0d5
  4. #569cca
  5. #5c98c0
  6. #6294b5
  7. #6890aa
  8. #6e8ca0
  9. #748895
  10. #7a848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a3c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa9ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7399e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a9ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639fe9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b2d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-44a8ea {
  color: #44a8ea;
}
Background
.bg-44a8ea {
  background-color: #44a8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-44a8ea {
  border: 2px solid #44a8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #44a8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 68 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 80% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-44a8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #44a8ea, #4455ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-44a8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(68 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.16 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.61 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.67 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.75 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.47 #bb5715 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#44a8ea  rgb(68, 168, 234)  hsl(204, 80%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#ea8644  rgb(234, 134, 68)  hsl(24, 80%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#ea44a8  rgb(234, 68, 168)  hsl(324, 80%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a8ea44  rgb(168, 234, 68)  hsl(84, 80%, 59%)  Inchworm