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#51A2EA

#51a2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#51a2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.38% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 78.46% saturation and 61.76% 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 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.43.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3353

Complementary

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #ea9951

Split complementary

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #ea5155
  3. #eae651

Analogous

  1. #51eae6
  2. #51a2ea
  3. #5155ea

Triadic

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #ea51a2
  3. #a2ea51

Tetradic

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #9951ea
  3. #ea9951
  4. #a2ea51

Square

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #e651ea
  3. #ea9951
  4. #55ea51

Monochromatic

  1. #115591
  2. #1a7dd5
  3. #51a2ea
  4. #95c6f2
  5. #daebfa

Shades

#51a2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #4992d3
  3. #4182bb
  4. #3971a4
  5. #31618c
  6. #295175
  7. #20415e
  8. #183146
  9. #10202f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#51a2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #62abec
  3. #74b5ee
  4. #85bef0
  5. #97c7f2
  6. #a8d1f5
  7. #b9daf7
  8. #cbe3f9
  9. #dcecfb
  10. #eef6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#51a2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #51a2ea
  2. #569fdf
  3. #5a9bd5
  4. #5f98ca
  5. #6494c0
  6. #6991b5
  7. #6d8eaa
  8. #728aa0
  9. #778795
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #859fc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72a4ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #639be9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-51a2ea {
  color: #51a2ea;
}
Background
.bg-51a2ea {
  background-color: #51a2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-51a2ea {
  border: 2px solid #51a2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #51a2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-51a2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #51a2ea, #5155ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-51a2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.36 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.72 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.94 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.09 #ae5d15 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#51a2ea  rgb(81, 162, 234)  hsl(208, 78%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ea9951  rgb(234, 153, 81)  hsl(28, 78%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#ea51a2  rgb(234, 81, 162)  hsl(328, 78%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a2ea51  rgb(162, 234, 81)  hsl(88, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm