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#519AE0

#519ae0 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#519ae0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 60.39% green and 87.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.84% cyan, 31.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 209.37°, with 69.76% saturation and 59.8% 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 7.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.81.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3024

Complementary

  1. #519ae0
  2. #e09751

Split complementary

  1. #519ae0
  2. #e05152
  3. #e0de51

Analogous

  1. #51e0de
  2. #519ae0
  3. #5152e0

Triadic

  1. #519ae0
  2. #e0519a
  3. #9ae051

Tetradic

  1. #519ae0
  2. #9751e0
  3. #e09751
  4. #9ae051

Square

  1. #519ae0
  2. #de51e0
  3. #e09751
  4. #52e051

Monochromatic

  1. #174d81
  2. #2374c2
  3. #519ae0
  4. #92c0ec
  5. #d3e5f7

Shades

#519ae0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #519ae0
  2. #498bca
  3. #417bb3
  4. #396c9d
  5. #315c86
  6. #294d70
  7. #203e5a
  8. #182e43
  9. #101f2d
  10. #080f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#519ae0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #519ae0
  2. #62a4e3
  3. #74aee6
  4. #85b8e9
  5. #97c2ec
  6. #a8cdf0
  7. #b9d7f3
  8. #cbe1f6
  9. #dcebf9
  10. #eef5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#519ae0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #519ae0
  2. #5697d6
  3. #5a95cd
  4. #5f92c3
  5. #6490ba
  6. #698db0
  7. #6d8aa6
  8. #72889d
  9. #778593
  10. #7b838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8097b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9de3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #688fdf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6d9ce2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6094df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a4c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-519ae0 {
  color: #519ae0;
}
Background
.bg-519ae0 {
  background-color: #519ae0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-519ae0 {
  border: 2px solid #519ae0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #519ae0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 154 224;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 70% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-519ae0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #519ae0, #5152e0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-519ae0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 154 224 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.04 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.92 #ae651f Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#519ae0  rgb(81, 154, 224)  hsl(209, 70%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#e09751  rgb(224, 151, 81)  hsl(29, 70%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#e0519a  rgb(224, 81, 154)  hsl(329, 70%, 60%)  Wild Strawberry
#9ae051  rgb(154, 224, 81)  hsl(89, 70%, 60%)  Inchworm