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#559CD9

#559cd9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#559cd9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 61.18% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.83% cyan, 28.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 207.73°, with 63.46% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.51.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3072

Complementary

  1. #559cd9
  2. #d99255

Split complementary

  1. #559cd9
  2. #d9555a
  3. #d9d455

Analogous

  1. #55d9d4
  2. #559cd9
  3. #555ad9

Triadic

  1. #559cd9
  2. #d9559c
  3. #9cd955

Tetradic

  1. #559cd9
  2. #9255d9
  3. #d99255
  4. #9cd955

Square

  1. #559cd9
  2. #d455d9
  3. #d99255
  4. #5ad955

Monochromatic

  1. #1b4e7a
  2. #2976b8
  3. #559cd9
  4. #94c0e7
  5. #d2e5f5

Shades

#559cd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #559cd9
  2. #4d8cc3
  3. #447dae
  4. #3c6d98
  5. #335e82
  6. #2b4e6d
  7. #223e57
  8. #1a2f41
  9. #111f2b
  10. #091016
  11. #000000

Tints

#559cd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #559cd9
  2. #66a6dd
  3. #77b0e1
  4. #88bae4
  5. #99c4e8
  6. #aaceec
  7. #bbd7f0
  8. #cce1f4
  9. #ddebf7
  10. #eef5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#559cd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #559cd9
  2. #5999d0
  3. #5e96c7
  4. #6294be
  5. #6691b5
  6. #6b8ead
  7. #6f8ba4
  8. #73889b
  9. #778692
  10. #7c8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8199b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #829edc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7091d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #729ddb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6695d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #21a5c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-559cd9 {
  color: #559cd9;
}
Background
.bg-559cd9 {
  background-color: #559cd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-559cd9 {
  border: 2px solid #559cd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #559cd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 156 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 63% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-559cd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #559cd9, #555ad9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-559cd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 156 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.51 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.32 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.17 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.52 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.90 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.54 #aa6326 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#559cd9  rgb(85, 156, 217)  hsl(208, 63%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#d99255  rgb(217, 146, 85)  hsl(28, 63%, 59%)  Persian Orange
#d9559c  rgb(217, 85, 156)  hsl(328, 63%, 59%)  Mulberry
#9cd955  rgb(156, 217, 85)  hsl(88, 63%, 59%)  Yellow Green