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#459EDD

#459edd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#459edd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 61.96% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.78% cyan, 28.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 204.87°, with 69.09% saturation and 56.86% 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 7.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.01.

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Relative luminance0.3094

Complementary

  1. #459edd
  2. #dd8445

Split complementary

  1. #459edd
  2. #dd4552
  3. #ddd045

Analogous

  1. #45ddd0
  2. #459edd
  3. #4552dd

Triadic

  1. #459edd
  2. #dd459e
  3. #9edd45

Tetradic

  1. #459edd
  2. #8445dd
  3. #dd8445
  4. #9edd45

Square

  1. #459edd
  2. #d045dd
  3. #dd8445
  4. #52dd45

Monochromatic

  1. #154d74
  2. #2177b4
  3. #459edd
  4. #86c0e9
  5. #c6e1f5

Shades

#459edd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #459edd
  2. #3e8ec7
  3. #377eb1
  4. #306f9b
  5. #295f85
  6. #234f6f
  7. #1c3f58
  8. #152f42
  9. #0e202c
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#459edd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #459edd
  2. #58a8e0
  3. #6ab1e4
  4. #7dbbe7
  5. #8fc5eb
  6. #a2cfee
  7. #b5d8f1
  8. #c7e2f5
  9. #daecf8
  10. #ecf5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#459edd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #459edd
  2. #4b9bd4
  3. #5198ca
  4. #5795c1
  5. #5d92b8
  6. #638faf
  7. #688ca5
  8. #6e899c
  9. #748693
  10. #7a8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819fe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c90dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9fdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f96dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-459edd {
  color: #459edd;
}
Background
.bg-459edd {
  background-color: #459edd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-459edd {
  border: 2px solid #459edd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #459edd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 158 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 69% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-459edd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #459edd, #4552dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-459edd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 158 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.15 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.38 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.12 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.19 #ba6122 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#459edd  rgb(69, 158, 221)  hsl(205, 69%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#dd8445  rgb(221, 132, 69)  hsl(25, 69%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#dd459e  rgb(221, 69, 158)  hsl(325, 69%, 57%)  Mulberry
#9edd45  rgb(158, 221, 69)  hsl(85, 69%, 57%)  Inchworm