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#559CDA

#559cda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#559cda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.01% cyan, 28.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 207.97°, with 64.25% saturation and 59.41% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.66.

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Relative luminance0.3077

Complementary

  1. #559cda
  2. #da9355

Split complementary

  1. #559cda
  2. #da5559
  3. #dad555

Analogous

  1. #55dad5
  2. #559cda
  3. #5559da

Triadic

  1. #559cda
  2. #da559c
  3. #9cda55

Tetradic

  1. #559cda
  2. #9355da
  3. #da9355
  4. #9cda55

Square

  1. #559cda
  2. #d555da
  3. #da9355
  4. #59da55

Monochromatic

  1. #1b4e7b
  2. #2876ba
  3. #559cda
  4. #94c1e8
  5. #d3e5f5

Shades

#559cda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #559cda
  2. #4d8cc4
  3. #447dae
  4. #3c6d99
  5. #335e83
  6. #2b4e6d
  7. #223e57
  8. #1a2f41
  9. #111f2c
  10. #091016
  11. #000000

Tints

#559cda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #559cda
  2. #66a6de
  3. #77b0e1
  4. #88bae5
  5. #99c4e9
  6. #aaceed
  7. #bbd7f0
  8. #cce1f4
  9. #ddebf8
  10. #eef5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#559cda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #559cda
  2. #5999d1
  3. #5e96c8
  4. #6294bf
  5. #6691b6
  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 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8199b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #819edd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f91d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #729ddc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6695d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #20a5c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-559cda {
  color: #559cda;
}
Background
.bg-559cda {
  background-color: #559cda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-559cda {
  border: 2px solid #559cda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #559cda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 156 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 64% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-559cda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #559cda, #5559da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-559cda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 156 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.35 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.03 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.06 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.46 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.79 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.64 #aa6325 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#559cda  rgb(85, 156, 218)  hsl(208, 64%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#da9355  rgb(218, 147, 85)  hsl(28, 64%, 59%)  Persian Orange
#da559c  rgb(218, 85, 156)  hsl(328, 64%, 59%)  Mulberry
#9cda55  rgb(156, 218, 85)  hsl(88, 64%, 59%)  Yellow Green