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#539BDB

#539bdb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#539bdb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 60.78% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.1% cyan, 29.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 65.38% saturation and 59.22% 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 7.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.99.

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Relative luminance0.304

Complementary

  1. #539bdb
  2. #db9353

Split complementary

  1. #539bdb
  2. #db5357
  3. #dbd753

Analogous

  1. #53dbd7
  2. #539bdb
  3. #5357db

Triadic

  1. #539bdb
  2. #db539b
  3. #9bdb53

Tetradic

  1. #539bdb
  2. #9353db
  3. #db9353
  4. #9bdb53

Square

  1. #539bdb
  2. #d753db
  3. #db9353
  4. #57db53

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4d7b
  2. #2775ba
  3. #539bdb
  4. #92c0e8
  5. #d2e5f5

Shades

#539bdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #539bdb
  2. #4b8cc5
  3. #427caf
  4. #3a6d99
  5. #325d83
  6. #2a4e6e
  7. #213e58
  8. #192f42
  9. #111f2c
  10. #081016
  11. #000000

Tints

#539bdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #539bdb
  2. #64a5df
  3. #75afe2
  4. #87b9e6
  5. #98c3e9
  6. #a9cded
  7. #bad7f1
  8. #cbe1f4
  9. #ddebf8
  10. #eef5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#539bdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #539bdb
  2. #5898d2
  3. #5c96c9
  4. #6193c0
  5. #6590b7
  6. #6a8eae
  7. #6e8ba4
  8. #73889b
  9. #778592
  10. #7c8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8098b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9dde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d90da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #709cdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6394da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #17a4c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-539bdb {
  color: #539bdb;
}
Background
.bg-539bdb {
  background-color: #539bdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-539bdb {
  border: 2px solid #539bdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #539bdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 155 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 65% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-539bdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #539bdb, #5357db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-539bdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 155 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.72 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.81 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.09 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.66 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.60 #ac6424 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#539bdb  rgb(83, 155, 219)  hsl(208, 65%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#db9353  rgb(219, 147, 83)  hsl(28, 65%, 59%)  Persian Orange
#db539b  rgb(219, 83, 155)  hsl(328, 65%, 59%)  Mulberry
#9bdb53  rgb(155, 219, 83)  hsl(88, 65%, 59%)  Inchworm