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#45AFFC

#45affc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#45affc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.06% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.62% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 205.25°, with 96.83% saturation and 62.94% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.74.

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Relative luminance0.3895

Complementary

  1. #45affc
  2. #fc9245

Split complementary

  1. #45affc
  2. #fc4553
  3. #fcee45

Analogous

  1. #45fcee
  2. #45affc
  3. #4553fc

Triadic

  1. #45affc
  2. #fc45af
  3. #affc45

Tetradic

  1. #45affc
  2. #9245fc
  3. #fc9245
  4. #affc45

Square

  1. #45affc
  2. #ee45fc
  3. #fc9245
  4. #53fc45

Monochromatic

  1. #0361a5
  2. #048df1
  3. #45affc
  4. #90cffd
  5. #dcf0fe

Shades

#45affc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #45affc
  2. #3e9ee3
  3. #378cca
  4. #307bb0
  5. #296997
  6. #23587e
  7. #1c4665
  8. #15354c
  9. #0e2332
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#45affc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #45affc
  2. #58b7fc
  3. #6abffd
  4. #7dc7fd
  5. #8fcffd
  6. #a2d7fe
  7. #b5dffe
  8. #c7e7fe
  9. #daeffe
  10. #ecf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#45affc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #45affc
  2. #4baaf0
  3. #51a6e3
  4. #57a1d7
  5. #5d9cca
  6. #6398be
  7. #6893b2
  8. #6e8ea5
  9. #748999
  10. #7a858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8babcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8cb1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #72a0fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76b0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a6fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-45affc {
  color: #45affc;
}
Background
.bg-45affc {
  background-color: #45affc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-45affc {
  border: 2px solid #45affc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #45affc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 69 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 97% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-45affc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #45affc, #4553fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-45affc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(69 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.20 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.36 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.83 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.83 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.48 #ba5003 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#45affc  rgb(69, 175, 252)  hsl(205, 97%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#fc9245  rgb(252, 146, 69)  hsl(25, 97%, 63%)  Cadmium Orange
#fc45af  rgb(252, 69, 175)  hsl(325, 97%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#affc45  rgb(175, 252, 69)  hsl(85, 97%, 63%)  Green Yellow