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#45A0F3

#45a0f3 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#45a0f3 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 62.75% green and 95.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.6% cyan, 34.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 4.71% black. Its hue angle is 208.62°, with 87.88% saturation and 61.18% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3288

Complementary

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #f39845

Split complementary

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #f34549
  3. #f3ef45

Analogous

  1. #45f3ef
  2. #45a0f3
  3. #4549f3

Triadic

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #f345a0
  3. #a0f345

Tetradic

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #9845f3
  3. #f39845
  4. #a0f345

Square

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #ef45f3
  3. #f39845
  4. #49f345

Monochromatic

  1. #0a5395
  2. #0e7bdd
  3. #45a0f3
  4. #8dc5f8
  5. #d5e9fc

Shades

#45a0f3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #3e90db
  3. #3780c2
  4. #3070aa
  5. #296092
  6. #23507a
  7. #1c4061
  8. #153049
  9. #0e2031
  10. #071018
  11. #000000

Tints

#45a0f3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #58aaf4
  3. #6ab3f5
  4. #7dbdf7
  5. #8fc6f8
  6. #a2d0f9
  7. #b5d9fa
  8. #c7e3fb
  9. #daecfd
  10. #ecf6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#45a0f3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #45a0f3
  2. #4b9de8
  3. #519adc
  4. #5796d1
  5. #5d93c5
  6. #6390ba
  7. #688dae
  8. #6e8aa3
  9. #748697
  10. #7a838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819dc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7aa4f6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6194f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #69a3f5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5799f2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-45a0f3 {
  color: #45a0f3;
}
Background
.bg-45a0f3 {
  background-color: #45a0f3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-45a0f3 {
  border: 2px solid #45a0f3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #45a0f3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 160 243;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 88% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-45a0f3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #45a0f3, #4549f3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-45a0f3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 160 243 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.18 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.34 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.86 #ba5f0c Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#45a0f3  rgb(69, 160, 243)  hsl(209, 88%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#f39845  rgb(243, 152, 69)  hsl(29, 88%, 61%)  Neon Carrot
#f345a0  rgb(243, 69, 160)  hsl(329, 88%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#a0f345  rgb(160, 243, 69)  hsl(89, 88%, 61%)  Inchworm