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#52A4E8

#52a4e8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#52a4e8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.16% red, 64.31% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.66% cyan, 29.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 207.2°, with 76.53% saturation and 61.57% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.3417

Complementary

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #e89652

Split complementary

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #e85259
  3. #e8e152

Analogous

  1. #52e8e1
  2. #52a4e8
  3. #5259e8

Triadic

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #e852a4
  3. #a4e852

Tetradic

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #9652e8
  3. #e89652
  4. #a4e852

Square

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #e152e8
  3. #e89652
  4. #59e852

Monochromatic

  1. #13568e
  2. #1c7fd2
  3. #52a4e8
  4. #96c8f1
  5. #d9ebfa

Shades

#52a4e8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #4a94d1
  3. #4283ba
  4. #3973a2
  5. #31628b
  6. #295274
  7. #21425d
  8. #193146
  9. #10212e
  10. #081017
  11. #000000

Tints

#52a4e8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #63adea
  3. #75b6ed
  4. #86bfef
  5. #97c8f1
  6. #a9d2f4
  7. #badbf6
  8. #cbe4f8
  9. #dcedfa
  10. #eef6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#52a4e8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #52a4e8
  2. #57a0de
  3. #5b9dd3
  4. #6099c9
  5. #6496be
  6. #6992b4
  7. #6e8eaa
  8. #728b9f
  9. #778795
  10. #7b848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a0c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a6eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7197e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75a5ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #669de7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aecf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-52a4e8 {
  color: #52a4e8;
}
Background
.bg-52a4e8 {
  background-color: #52a4e8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-52a4e8 {
  border: 2px solid #52a4e8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #52a4e8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 82 164 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 77% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-52a4e8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #52a4e8, #5259e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-52a4e8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(82 164 232 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.11 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.44 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.64 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.45 #ad5b17 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#52a4e8  rgb(82, 164, 232)  hsl(207, 77%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#e89652  rgb(232, 150, 82)  hsl(27, 77%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#e852a4  rgb(232, 82, 164)  hsl(327, 77%, 62%)  Wild Strawberry
#a4e852  rgb(164, 232, 82)  hsl(87, 77%, 62%)  Inchworm