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#549ADD

#549add ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#549add is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.94% red, 60.39% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.99% cyan, 30.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 209.34°, with 66.83% saturation and 59.8% 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 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3022

Complementary

  1. #549add
  2. #dd9754

Split complementary

  1. #549add
  2. #dd5455
  3. #dddb54

Analogous

  1. #54dddb
  2. #549add
  3. #5455dd

Triadic

  1. #549add
  2. #dd549a
  3. #9add54

Tetradic

  1. #549add
  2. #9754dd
  3. #dd9754
  4. #9add54

Square

  1. #549add
  2. #db54dd
  3. #dd9754
  4. #55dd54

Monochromatic

  1. #194d7f
  2. #2674bf
  3. #549add
  4. #94c0ea
  5. #d4e5f6

Shades

#549add mixed progressively with black.

  1. #549add
  2. #4c8bc7
  3. #437bb1
  4. #3b6c9b
  5. #325c85
  6. #2a4d6f
  7. #223e58
  8. #192e42
  9. #111f2c
  10. #080f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#549add mixed progressively with white.

  1. #549add
  2. #65a4e0
  3. #76aee4
  4. #87b8e7
  5. #98c2eb
  6. #aacdee
  7. #bbd7f1
  8. #cce1f5
  9. #ddebf8
  10. #eef5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#549add mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #549add
  2. #5897d4
  3. #5d95ca
  4. #6192c1
  5. #6690b8
  6. #6a8daf
  7. #6e8aa5
  8. #73889c
  9. #778593
  10. #7c8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8097b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9de0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b8fdc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f9cdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6294dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #19a4c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-549add {
  color: #549add;
}
Background
.bg-549add {
  background-color: #549add;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-549add {
  border: 2px solid #549add;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #549add;
  --color-primary-rgb: 84 154 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-549add {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #549add, #5455dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-549add {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(84 154 221 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.24 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 4.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.94 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.01 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.69 #ab6522 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#549add  rgb(84, 154, 221)  hsl(209, 67%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#dd9754  rgb(221, 151, 84)  hsl(29, 67%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#dd549a  rgb(221, 84, 154)  hsl(329, 67%, 60%)  Wild Strawberry
#9add54  rgb(154, 221, 84)  hsl(89, 67%, 60%)  Inchworm