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#549EDE

#549ede ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#549ede is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.94% red, 61.96% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.16% cyan, 28.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 207.83°, with 67.65% saturation and 60% 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 7.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.57.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3161

Complementary

  1. #549ede
  2. #de9454

Split complementary

  1. #549ede
  2. #de5459
  3. #ded954

Analogous

  1. #54ded9
  2. #549ede
  3. #5459de

Triadic

  1. #549ede
  2. #de549e
  3. #9ede54

Tetradic

  1. #549ede
  2. #9454de
  3. #de9454
  4. #9ede54

Square

  1. #549ede
  2. #d954de
  3. #de9454
  4. #59de54

Monochromatic

  1. #195080
  2. #2578c0
  3. #549ede
  4. #94c2ea
  5. #d4e7f7

Shades

#549ede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #549ede
  2. #4c8ec8
  3. #437eb2
  4. #3b6f9b
  5. #325f85
  6. #2a4f6f
  7. #223f59
  8. #192f43
  9. #11202c
  10. #081016
  11. #000000

Tints

#549ede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #549ede
  2. #65a8e1
  3. #76b1e5
  4. #87bbe8
  5. #98c5eb
  6. #aacfef
  7. #bbd8f2
  8. #cce2f5
  9. #ddecf8
  10. #eef5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#549ede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #549ede
  2. #589bd5
  3. #5d98cb
  4. #6195c2
  5. #6692b8
  6. #6a8faf
  7. #6e8ca6
  8. #73899c
  9. #778693
  10. #7c8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #839bb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a0e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f92dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adb4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #729fe0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6697dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #16a7c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-549ede {
  color: #549ede;
}
Background
.bg-549ede {
  background-color: #549ede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-549ede {
  border: 2px solid #549ede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #549ede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 84 158 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 68% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-549ede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #549ede, #5459de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-549ede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(84 158 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.18 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.49 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.95 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.12 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.25 #ab6121 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#549ede  rgb(84, 158, 222)  hsl(208, 68%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#de9454  rgb(222, 148, 84)  hsl(28, 68%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#de549e  rgb(222, 84, 158)  hsl(328, 68%, 60%)  Wild Strawberry
#9ede54  rgb(158, 222, 84)  hsl(88, 68%, 60%)  Inchworm