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#52A1ED

#52a1ed ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#52a1ed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.16% red, 63.14% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.4% cyan, 32.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 209.42°, with 81.15% saturation and 62.55% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.334

Complementary

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #ed9e52

Split complementary

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #ed5254
  3. #edec52

Analogous

  1. #52edec
  2. #52a1ed
  3. #5254ed

Triadic

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #ed52a1
  3. #a1ed52

Tetradic

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #9e52ed
  3. #ed9e52
  4. #a1ed52

Square

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #ec52ed
  3. #ed9e52
  4. #54ed52

Monochromatic

  1. #105496
  2. #177bdc
  3. #52a1ed
  4. #97c7f4
  5. #ddecfb

Shades

#52a1ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #4a91d5
  3. #4281be
  4. #3971a6
  5. #31618e
  6. #295177
  7. #21405f
  8. #193047
  9. #10202f
  10. #081018
  11. #000000

Tints

#52a1ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #63aaef
  3. #75b4f1
  4. #86bdf2
  5. #97c7f4
  6. #a9d0f6
  7. #bad9f8
  8. #cbe3fa
  9. #dcecfb
  10. #eef6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#52a1ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #52a1ed
  2. #579ee2
  3. #5b9ad7
  4. #6097cc
  5. #6494c1
  6. #6991b7
  7. #6e8dac
  8. #728aa1
  9. #778796
  10. #7b838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #859ec2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a5f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a96ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a3ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #619aec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-52a1ed {
  color: #52a1ed;
}
Background
.bg-52a1ed {
  background-color: #52a1ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-52a1ed {
  border: 2px solid #52a1ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #52a1ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 82 161 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 81% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-52a1ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #52a1ed, #5254ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-52a1ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(82 161 237 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.56 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.59 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.46 #ad5e12 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#52a1ed  rgb(82, 161, 237)  hsl(209, 81%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#ed9e52  rgb(237, 158, 82)  hsl(29, 81%, 63%)  Sandy Brown
#ed52a1  rgb(237, 82, 161)  hsl(329, 81%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#a1ed52  rgb(161, 237, 82)  hsl(89, 81%, 63%)  Inchworm