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#509DD7

#509dd7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#509dd7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.37% red, 61.57% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.79% cyan, 26.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 205.78°, with 62.79% saturation and 57.84% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.55.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3073

Complementary

  1. #509dd7
  2. #d78a50

Split complementary

  1. #509dd7
  2. #d75059
  3. #d7ce50

Analogous

  1. #50d7ce
  2. #509dd7
  3. #5059d7

Triadic

  1. #509dd7
  2. #d7509d
  3. #9dd750

Tetradic

  1. #509dd7
  2. #8a50d7
  3. #d78a50
  4. #9dd750

Square

  1. #509dd7
  2. #ce50d7
  3. #d78a50
  4. #59d750

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4d74
  2. #2977b2
  3. #509dd7
  4. #8ec0e5
  5. #cde3f3

Shades

#509dd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #509dd7
  2. #488dc2
  3. #407eac
  4. #386e97
  5. #305e81
  6. #284f6c
  7. #203f56
  8. #182f41
  9. #101f2b
  10. #081016
  11. #000000

Tints

#509dd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #509dd7
  2. #62a7db
  3. #73b1df
  4. #85bae3
  5. #96c4e7
  6. #a8ceeb
  7. #b9d8ef
  8. #cbe2f3
  9. #dcebf7
  10. #eef5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#509dd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #509dd7
  2. #559ace
  3. #5a97c6
  4. #5e94bd
  5. #6391b4
  6. #688fac
  7. #6d8ca3
  8. #72899a
  9. #768691
  10. #7b8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8099b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839eda ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7191d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #729ed9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6596d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0da6c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-509dd7 {
  color: #509dd7;
}
Background
.bg-509dd7 {
  background-color: #509dd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-509dd7 {
  border: 2px solid #509dd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #509dd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 80 157 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 63% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-509dd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #509dd7, #5059d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-509dd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(80 157 215 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.37 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.18 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.45 #af6228 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#509dd7  rgb(80, 157, 215)  hsl(206, 63%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#d78a50  rgb(215, 138, 80)  hsl(26, 63%, 58%)  Persian Orange
#d7509d  rgb(215, 80, 157)  hsl(326, 63%, 58%)  Mulberry
#9dd750  rgb(157, 215, 80)  hsl(86, 63%, 58%)  Yellow Green