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#559FCE

#559fce ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#559fce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 62.35% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.74% cyan, 22.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 203.31°, with 55.25% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.05.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3118

Complementary

  1. #559fce
  2. #ce8455

Split complementary

  1. #559fce
  2. #ce5562
  3. #cec155

Analogous

  1. #55cec1
  2. #559fce
  3. #5562ce

Triadic

  1. #559fce
  2. #ce559f
  3. #9fce55

Tetradic

  1. #559fce
  2. #8455ce
  3. #ce8455
  4. #9fce55

Square

  1. #559fce
  2. #c155ce
  3. #ce8455
  4. #62ce55

Monochromatic

  1. #1f4e6b
  2. #3078a7
  3. #559fce
  4. #90c1df
  5. #cce2f0

Shades

#559fce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #559fce
  2. #4d8fb9
  3. #447fa5
  4. #3c6f90
  5. #335f7c
  6. #2b5067
  7. #224052
  8. #1a303e
  9. #112029
  10. #091015
  11. #000000

Tints

#559fce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #559fce
  2. #66a9d3
  3. #77b2d8
  4. #88bcdd
  5. #99c5e2
  6. #aacfe7
  7. #bbd9eb
  8. #cce2f0
  9. #ddecf5
  10. #eef5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#559fce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #559fce
  2. #599cc6
  3. #5e99be
  4. #6296b7
  5. #6693af
  6. #6b90a7
  7. #6f8c9f
  8. #738997
  9. #778690
  10. #7c8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829bb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9ed0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7992cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #789fcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c97ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #29a6bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-559fce {
  color: #559fce;
}
Background
.bg-559fce {
  background-color: #559fce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-559fce {
  border: 2px solid #559fce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #559fce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 159 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 55% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-559fce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #559fce, #5562ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-559fce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 159 206 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.12 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.72 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.89 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.97 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 8.09 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.11 #aa6031 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#559fce  rgb(85, 159, 206)  hsl(203, 55%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#ce8455  rgb(206, 132, 85)  hsl(23, 55%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#ce559f  rgb(206, 85, 159)  hsl(323, 55%, 57%)  Mulberry
#9fce55  rgb(159, 206, 85)  hsl(83, 55%, 57%)  Yellow Green