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#49A2CB

#49a2cb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49a2cb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 63.53% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.04% cyan, 20.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 198.92°, with 55.56% saturation and 54.12% 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 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.12.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3157

Complementary

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #cb7249

Split complementary

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #cb4961
  3. #cbb349

Analogous

  1. #49cbb3
  2. #49a2cb
  3. #4961cb

Triadic

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #cb49a2
  3. #a2cb49

Tetradic

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #7249cb
  3. #cb7249
  4. #a2cb49

Square

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #b349cb
  3. #cb7249
  4. #61cb49

Monochromatic

  1. #1b4a60
  2. #2c789b
  3. #49a2cb
  4. #85c0dc
  5. #c0dfed

Shades

#49a2cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #4292b7
  3. #3a82a2
  4. #33718e
  5. #2c617a
  6. #255166
  7. #1d4151
  8. #16313d
  9. #0f2029
  10. #071014
  11. #000000

Tints

#49a2cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #5babd0
  3. #6db5d5
  4. #80bedb
  5. #92c7e0
  6. #a4d1e5
  7. #b6daea
  8. #c8e3ef
  9. #dbecf5
  10. #edf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49a2cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49a2cb
  2. #4f9fc4
  3. #549bbc
  4. #5a98b5
  5. #5f94ad
  6. #6591a6
  7. #6a8e9e
  8. #708a97
  9. #75878f
  10. #7b8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809caf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da0cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b93ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78a1cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b99cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49a2cb {
  color: #49a2cb;
}
Background
.bg-49a2cb {
  background-color: #49a2cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49a2cb {
  border: 2px solid #49a2cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49a2cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 162 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 56% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49a2cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49a2cb, #4961cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49a2cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 162 203 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.12 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.23 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.85 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.77 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.04 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.65 #b65d34 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#49a2cb  rgb(73, 162, 203)  hsl(199, 56%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#cb7249  rgb(203, 114, 73)  hsl(19, 56%, 54%)  Burnt Sienna
#cb49a2  rgb(203, 73, 162)  hsl(319, 56%, 54%)  Mulberry
#a2cb49  rgb(162, 203, 73)  hsl(79, 56%, 54%)  Yellow Green