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#54B0E4

#54b0e4 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#54b0e4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.94% red, 69.02% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.16% cyan, 22.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 201.67°, with 72.73% saturation and 61.18% 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 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.94.

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Relative luminance0.3854

Complementary

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #e48854

Split complementary

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #e45468
  3. #e4d054

Analogous

  1. #54e4d0
  2. #54b0e4
  3. #5468e4

Triadic

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #e454b0
  3. #b0e454

Tetradic

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #8854e4
  3. #e48854
  4. #b0e454

Square

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #d054e4
  3. #e48854
  4. #68e454

Monochromatic

  1. #166089
  2. #208ecb
  3. #54b0e4
  4. #96cfee
  5. #d8edf9

Shades

#54b0e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #4c9ecd
  3. #438db6
  4. #3b7ba0
  5. #326a89
  6. #2a5872
  7. #22465b
  8. #193544
  9. #11232e
  10. #081217
  11. #000000

Tints

#54b0e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #65b8e7
  3. #76c0e9
  4. #87c8ec
  5. #98d0ef
  6. #aad8f2
  7. #bbdff4
  8. #cce7f7
  9. #ddeffa
  10. #eef7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#54b0e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #54b0e4
  2. #58abda
  3. #5da6d0
  4. #61a2c6
  5. #669dbc
  6. #6a98b2
  7. #6e93a8
  8. #738e9e
  9. #778a94
  10. #7c858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dabc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97afe6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a0e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82afe5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74a7e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-54b0e4 {
  color: #54b0e4;
}
Background
.bg-54b0e4 {
  background-color: #54b0e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-54b0e4 {
  border: 2px solid #54b0e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #54b0e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 84 176 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 73% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-54b0e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #54b0e4, #5468e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-54b0e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(84 176 228 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.94 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.77 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.92 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.62 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.62 #ab4f1b Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#54b0e4  rgb(84, 176, 228)  hsl(202, 73%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#e48854  rgb(228, 136, 84)  hsl(22, 73%, 61%)  Raw Sienna
#e454b0  rgb(228, 84, 176)  hsl(322, 73%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#b0e454  rgb(176, 228, 84)  hsl(82, 73%, 61%)  Inchworm