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#459BCA

#459bca ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#459bca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 60.78% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.84% cyan, 23.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 201.2°, with 55.65% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.94.

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Relative luminance0.2897

Complementary

  1. #459bca
  2. #ca7445

Split complementary

  1. #459bca
  2. #ca4559
  3. #cab645

Analogous

  1. #45cab6
  2. #459bca
  3. #4559ca

Triadic

  1. #459bca
  2. #ca459b
  3. #9bca45

Tetradic

  1. #459bca
  2. #7445ca
  3. #ca7445
  4. #9bca45

Square

  1. #459bca
  2. #b645ca
  3. #ca7445
  4. #59ca45

Monochromatic

  1. #1a455c
  2. #2b7197
  3. #459bca
  4. #81bbdb
  5. #bcdbec

Shades

#459bca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #459bca
  2. #3e8cb6
  3. #377ca2
  4. #306d8d
  5. #295d79
  6. #234e65
  7. #1c3e51
  8. #152f3d
  9. #0e1f28
  10. #071014
  11. #000000

Tints

#459bca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #459bca
  2. #58a5cf
  3. #6aafd5
  4. #7db9da
  5. #8fc3df
  6. #a2cde5
  7. #b5d7ea
  8. #c7e1ef
  9. #daebf4
  10. #ecf5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#459bca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #459bca
  2. #4b98c3
  3. #5196bb
  4. #5793b4
  5. #5d90ac
  6. #638ea5
  7. #688b9e
  8. #6e8896
  9. #74858f
  10. #7a8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b96ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859acc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #728dc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #719acb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6393ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-459bca {
  color: #459bca;
}
Background
.bg-459bca {
  background-color: #459bca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-459bca {
  border: 2px solid #459bca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #459bca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 155 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 56% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-459bca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #459bca, #4559ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-459bca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 155 202 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.19 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.19 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.30 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.61 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.93 #ba6435 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#459bca  rgb(69, 155, 202)  hsl(201, 56%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#ca7445  rgb(202, 116, 69)  hsl(21, 56%, 53%)  Chocolate
#ca459b  rgb(202, 69, 155)  hsl(321, 56%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9bca45  rgb(155, 202, 69)  hsl(81, 56%, 53%)  Yellow Green