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#45A3FA

#45a3fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#45a3fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 63.92% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.4% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 208.84°, with 94.76% saturation and 62.55% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3436

Complementary

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #fa9c45

Split complementary

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #fa4549
  3. #faf645

Analogous

  1. #45faf6
  2. #45a3fa
  3. #4549fa

Triadic

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #fa45a3
  3. #a3fa45

Tetradic

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #9c45fa
  3. #fa9c45
  4. #a3fa45

Square

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #f645fa
  3. #fa9c45
  4. #49fa45

Monochromatic

  1. #0456a2
  2. #067eec
  3. #45a3fa
  4. #90c8fc
  5. #daedfe

Shades

#45a3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #3e93e1
  3. #3782c8
  4. #3072af
  5. #296296
  6. #23527d
  7. #1c4164
  8. #15314b
  9. #0e2132
  10. #071019
  11. #000000

Tints

#45a3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #58acfb
  3. #6ab5fb
  4. #7dbffc
  5. #8fc8fc
  6. #a2d1fd
  7. #b5dafd
  8. #c7e3fe
  9. #daedfe
  10. #ecf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#45a3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #45a3fa
  2. #4ba0ee
  3. #519ce2
  4. #5799d5
  5. #5d95c9
  6. #6392bd
  7. #688eb1
  8. #6e8ba5
  9. #748798
  10. #7a848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a0ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ba8fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6197f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #579cf9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-45a3fa {
  color: #45a3fa;
}
Background
.bg-45a3fa {
  background-color: #45a3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-45a3fa {
  border: 2px solid #45a3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #45a3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 163 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 95% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-45a3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #45a3fa, #4549fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-45a3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 163 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.48 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.16 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.10 #ba5c05 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#45a3fa  rgb(69, 163, 250)  hsl(209, 95%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#fa9c45  rgb(250, 156, 69)  hsl(29, 95%, 63%)  Neon Carrot
#fa45a3  rgb(250, 69, 163)  hsl(329, 95%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#a3fa45  rgb(163, 250, 69)  hsl(89, 95%, 63%)  Green Yellow