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#45A3DB

#45a3db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#45a3db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 63.92% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.49% cyan, 25.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 202.4°, with 67.57% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.98.

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Relative luminance0.3257

Complementary

  1. #45a3db
  2. #db7d45

Split complementary

  1. #45a3db
  2. #db4558
  3. #dbc845

Analogous

  1. #45dbc8
  2. #45a3db
  3. #4558db

Triadic

  1. #45a3db
  2. #db45a3
  3. #a3db45

Tetradic

  1. #45a3db
  2. #7d45db
  3. #db7d45
  4. #a3db45

Square

  1. #45a3db
  2. #c845db
  3. #db7d45
  4. #58db45

Monochromatic

  1. #164f71
  2. #227cb1
  3. #45a3db
  4. #85c3e7
  5. #c5e2f4

Shades

#45a3db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #45a3db
  2. #3e93c5
  3. #3782af
  4. #307299
  5. #296283
  6. #23526e
  7. #1c4158
  8. #153142
  9. #0e212c
  10. #071016
  11. #000000

Tints

#45a3db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #45a3db
  2. #58acdf
  3. #6ab5e2
  4. #7dbfe6
  5. #8fc8e9
  6. #a2d1ed
  7. #b5daf1
  8. #c7e3f4
  9. #daedf8
  10. #ecf6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#45a3db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #45a3db
  2. #4ba0d2
  3. #519cc9
  4. #5799c0
  5. #5d95b7
  6. #6392ae
  7. #688ea4
  8. #6e8b9b
  9. #748792
  10. #7a8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819eb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a3de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7494da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a3dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #659ada ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-45a3db {
  color: #45a3db;
}
Background
.bg-45a3db {
  background-color: #45a3db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-45a3db {
  border: 2px solid #45a3db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #45a3db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 163 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 68% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-45a3db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #45a3db, #4558db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-45a3db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 163 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.04 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.75 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.19 #ba5c24 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#45a3db  rgb(69, 163, 219)  hsl(202, 68%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#db7d45  rgb(219, 125, 69)  hsl(22, 68%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#db45a3  rgb(219, 69, 163)  hsl(322, 68%, 56%)  Mulberry
#a3db45  rgb(163, 219, 69)  hsl(82, 68%, 56%)  Yellow Green