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#499EC6

#499ec6 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#499ec6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 61.96% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.13% cyan, 20.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 199.2°, with 52.3% saturation and 53.14% 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 6.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.13.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2995

Complementary

  1. #499ec6
  2. #c67149

Split complementary

  1. #499ec6
  2. #c64960
  3. #c6b049

Analogous

  1. #49c6b0
  2. #499ec6
  3. #4960c6

Triadic

  1. #499ec6
  2. #c6499e
  3. #9ec649

Tetradic

  1. #499ec6
  2. #7149c6
  3. #c67149
  4. #9ec649

Square

  1. #499ec6
  2. #b049c6
  3. #c67149
  4. #60c649

Monochromatic

  1. #1c465a
  2. #2e7494
  3. #499ec6
  4. #83bdd8
  5. #bedcea

Shades

#499ec6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #499ec6
  2. #428eb2
  3. #3a7e9e
  4. #336f8b
  5. #2c5f77
  6. #254f63
  7. #1d3f4f
  8. #162f3b
  9. #0f2028
  10. #071014
  11. #000000

Tints

#499ec6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #499ec6
  2. #5ba8cc
  3. #6db1d1
  4. #80bbd7
  5. #92c5dd
  6. #a4cfe3
  7. #b6d8e8
  8. #c8e2ee
  9. #dbecf4
  10. #edf5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#499ec6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #499ec6
  2. #4f9bbf
  3. #5498b8
  4. #5a95b1
  5. #5f92aa
  6. #658fa3
  7. #6a8c9c
  8. #708995
  9. #75868e
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d99ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9cc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #798fc5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #759dc7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6995c6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #02a5b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-499ec6 {
  color: #499ec6;
}
Background
.bg-499ec6 {
  background-color: #499ec6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-499ec6 {
  border: 2px solid #499ec6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #499ec6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 158 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 52% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-499ec6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #499ec6, #4960c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-499ec6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 158 198 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.13 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.08 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.51 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.63 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.21 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.52 #b66139 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#499ec6  rgb(73, 158, 198)  hsl(199, 52%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#c67149  rgb(198, 113, 73)  hsl(19, 52%, 53%)  Chocolate
#c6499e  rgb(198, 73, 158)  hsl(319, 52%, 53%)  Mulberry
#9ec649  rgb(158, 198, 73)  hsl(79, 52%, 53%)  Yellow Green