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#5199CD

#5199cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5199cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 60% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.49% cyan, 25.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 205.16°, with 55.36% saturation and 56.08% 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 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2894

Complementary

  1. #5199cd
  2. #cd8551

Split complementary

  1. #5199cd
  2. #cd515b
  3. #cdc351

Analogous

  1. #51cdc3
  2. #5199cd
  3. #515bcd

Triadic

  1. #5199cd
  2. #cd5199
  3. #99cd51

Tetradic

  1. #5199cd
  2. #8551cd
  3. #cd8551
  4. #99cd51

Square

  1. #5199cd
  2. #c351cd
  3. #cd8551
  4. #5bcd51

Monochromatic

  1. #1e4867
  2. #2f72a3
  3. #5199cd
  4. #8cbcde
  5. #c8dfef

Shades

#5199cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5199cd
  2. #498ab9
  3. #417aa4
  4. #396b90
  5. #315c7b
  6. #294d67
  7. #203d52
  8. #182e3e
  9. #101f29
  10. #080f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#5199cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5199cd
  2. #62a3d2
  3. #74add7
  4. #85b8dc
  5. #97c2e1
  6. #a8cce6
  7. #b9d6eb
  8. #cbe0f0
  9. #dcebf5
  10. #eef5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5199cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5199cd
  2. #5697c5
  3. #5a94be
  4. #5f92b6
  5. #648fae
  6. #698da7
  7. #6d8a9f
  8. #728897
  9. #77858f
  10. #7b8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7d95ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8299cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #718dcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a6ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7199ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6692cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #20a1b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5199cd {
  color: #5199cd;
}
Background
.bg-5199cd {
  background-color: #5199cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5199cd {
  border: 2px solid #5199cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5199cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 153 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 55% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5199cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5199cd, #515bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5199cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 153 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.12 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.85 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.19 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.26 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.91 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.27 #ae6632 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5199cd  rgb(81, 153, 205)  hsl(205, 55%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#cd8551  rgb(205, 133, 81)  hsl(25, 55%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#cd5199  rgb(205, 81, 153)  hsl(325, 55%, 56%)  Mulberry
#99cd51  rgb(153, 205, 81)  hsl(85, 55%, 56%)  Yellow Green