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#52A0EA

#52a0ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#52a0ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.16% red, 62.75% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.96% cyan, 31.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 209.21°, with 78.35% saturation and 61.96% 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 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.3288

Complementary

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #ea9c52

Split complementary

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #ea5254
  3. #eae852

Analogous

  1. #52eae8
  2. #52a0ea
  3. #5254ea

Triadic

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #ea52a0
  3. #a0ea52

Tetradic

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #9c52ea
  3. #ea9c52
  4. #a0ea52

Square

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #e852ea
  3. #ea9c52
  4. #54ea52

Monochromatic

  1. #125391
  2. #1a7ad6
  3. #52a0ea
  4. #96c5f2
  5. #daebfb

Shades

#52a0ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #4a90d3
  3. #4280bb
  4. #3970a4
  5. #31608c
  6. #295075
  7. #21405e
  8. #193046
  9. #10202f
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#52a0ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #63aaec
  3. #75b3ee
  4. #86bdf0
  5. #97c6f2
  6. #a9d0f5
  7. #bad9f7
  8. #cbe3f9
  9. #dcecfb
  10. #eef6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#52a0ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #52a0ea
  2. #579ddf
  3. #5b9ad5
  4. #6096ca
  5. #6493c0
  6. #6990b5
  7. #6e8daa
  8. #728aa0
  9. #778695
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849dc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6299e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-52a0ea {
  color: #52a0ea;
}
Background
.bg-52a0ea {
  background-color: #52a0ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-52a0ea {
  border: 2px solid #52a0ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #52a0ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 82 160 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 78% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-52a0ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #52a0ea, #5254ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-52a0ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(82 160 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.52 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.22 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.56 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.96 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.72 #ad5f15 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#52a0ea  rgb(82, 160, 234)  hsl(209, 78%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#ea9c52  rgb(234, 156, 82)  hsl(29, 78%, 62%)  Sandy Brown
#ea52a0  rgb(234, 82, 160)  hsl(329, 78%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a0ea52  rgb(160, 234, 82)  hsl(89, 78%, 62%)  Inchworm