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#519FC2

#519fc2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#519fc2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 62.35% green and 76.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.25% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black. Its hue angle is 198.58°, with 48.09% saturation and 53.92% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Relative luminance0.3044

Complementary

  1. #519fc2
  2. #c27451

Split complementary

  1. #519fc2
  2. #c25166
  3. #c2ac51

Analogous

  1. #51c2ac
  2. #519fc2
  3. #5166c2

Triadic

  1. #519fc2
  2. #c2519f
  3. #9fc251

Tetradic

  1. #519fc2
  2. #7451c2
  3. #c27451
  4. #9fc251

Square

  1. #519fc2
  2. #ac51c2
  3. #c27451
  4. #66c251

Monochromatic

  1. #20485a
  2. #347593
  3. #519fc2
  4. #8abed6
  5. #c2deea

Shades

#519fc2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #519fc2
  2. #498faf
  3. #417f9b
  4. #396f88
  5. #315f74
  6. #295061
  7. #20404e
  8. #18303a
  9. #102027
  10. #081013
  11. #000000

Tints

#519fc2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #519fc2
  2. #62a9c8
  3. #74b2ce
  4. #85bcd4
  5. #97c5da
  6. #a8cfe1
  7. #b9d9e7
  8. #cbe2ed
  9. #dcecf3
  10. #eef5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#519fc2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #519fc2
  2. #569cbb
  3. #5a99b5
  4. #5f96ae
  5. #6493a8
  6. #6990a1
  7. #6d8c9a
  8. #728994
  9. #77868d
  10. #7b8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809aa9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8d9dc4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d91c2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a9aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a9ec3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e97c2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #28a5b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-519fc2 {
  color: #519fc2;
}
Background
.bg-519fc2 {
  background-color: #519fc2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-519fc2 {
  border: 2px solid #519fc2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #519fc2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 159 194;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 48% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-519fc2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #519fc2, #5166c2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-519fc2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 159 194 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.63 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.51 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.16 #ae603d Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#519fc2  rgb(81, 159, 194)  hsl(199, 48%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#c27451  rgb(194, 116, 81)  hsl(19, 48%, 54%)  Burnt Sienna
#c2519f  rgb(194, 81, 159)  hsl(319, 48%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9fc251  rgb(159, 194, 81)  hsl(79, 48%, 54%)  Yellow Green