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#539FCC

#539fcc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#539fcc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.55% red, 62.35% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.31% cyan, 22.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 202.31°, with 54.26% saturation and 56.27% 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 7.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.76.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3099

Complementary

  1. #539fcc
  2. #cc8053

Split complementary

  1. #539fcc
  2. #cc5362
  3. #ccbc53

Analogous

  1. #53ccbc
  2. #539fcc
  3. #5362cc

Triadic

  1. #539fcc
  2. #cc539f
  3. #9fcc53

Tetradic

  1. #539fcc
  2. #8053cc
  3. #cc8053
  4. #9fcc53

Square

  1. #539fcc
  2. #bc53cc
  3. #cc8053
  4. #62cc53

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4c67
  2. #3078a2
  3. #539fcc
  4. #8ec0dd
  5. #c9e1ef

Shades

#539fcc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #539fcc
  2. #4b8fb8
  3. #427fa3
  4. #3a6f8f
  5. #325f7a
  6. #2a5066
  7. #214052
  8. #19303d
  9. #112029
  10. #081014
  11. #000000

Tints

#539fcc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #539fcc
  2. #64a9d1
  3. #75b2d6
  4. #87bcdb
  5. #98c5e0
  6. #a9cfe6
  7. #bad9eb
  8. #cbe2f0
  9. #ddecf5
  10. #eef5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#539fcc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #539fcc
  2. #589cc4
  3. #5c99bd
  4. #6196b5
  5. #6593ae
  6. #6a90a6
  7. #6e8c9e
  8. #738997
  9. #77868f
  10. #7c8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #819aaf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9ece ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7992cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #789ecd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c97cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #26a6bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-539fcc {
  color: #539fcc;
}
Background
.bg-539fcc {
  background-color: #539fcc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-539fcc {
  border: 2px solid #539fcc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #539fcc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 83 159 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 54% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-539fcc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #539fcc, #5362cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-539fcc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(83 159 204 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.57 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.37 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.78 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.65 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.65 #ac6033 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#539fcc  rgb(83, 159, 204)  hsl(202, 54%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#cc8053  rgb(204, 128, 83)  hsl(22, 54%, 56%)  Raw Sienna
#cc539f  rgb(204, 83, 159)  hsl(322, 54%, 56%)  Mulberry
#9fcc53  rgb(159, 204, 83)  hsl(82, 54%, 56%)  Yellow Green