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#579CD5

#579cd5 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#579cd5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 61.18% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.15% cyan, 26.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 207.14°, with 60% saturation and 58.82% 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 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.09.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3061

Complementary

  1. #579cd5
  2. #d59057

Split complementary

  1. #579cd5
  2. #d5575d
  3. #d5cf57

Analogous

  1. #57d5cf
  2. #579cd5
  3. #575dd5

Triadic

  1. #579cd5
  2. #d5579c
  3. #9cd557

Tetradic

  1. #579cd5
  2. #9057d5
  3. #d59057
  4. #9cd557

Square

  1. #579cd5
  2. #cf57d5
  3. #d59057
  4. #5dd557

Monochromatic

  1. #1d4e76
  2. #2d76b3
  3. #579cd5
  4. #94c0e4
  5. #d1e4f4

Shades

#579cd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #579cd5
  2. #4e8cc0
  3. #467daa
  4. #3d6d95
  5. #345e80
  6. #2c4e6b
  7. #233e55
  8. #1a2f40
  9. #111f2b
  10. #091015
  11. #000000

Tints

#579cd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #579cd5
  2. #68a6d9
  3. #79b0dd
  4. #89bae2
  5. #9ac4e6
  6. #abceea
  7. #bcd7ee
  8. #cde1f2
  9. #ddebf7
  10. #eef5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#579cd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #579cd5
  2. #5b99cd
  3. #5f96c4
  4. #6394bc
  5. #6791b3
  6. #6c8eab
  7. #708ba2
  8. #74889a
  9. #788691
  10. #7c8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8299b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839dd8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7291d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aab0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #749dd7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6895d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2aa4c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-579cd5 {
  color: #579cd5;
}
Background
.bg-579cd5 {
  background-color: #579cd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-579cd5 {
  border: 2px solid #579cd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #579cd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 156 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 60% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-579cd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #579cd5, #575dd5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-579cd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 156 213 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.10 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.36 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.56 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.11 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.15 #a8632a Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#579cd5  rgb(87, 156, 213)  hsl(207, 60%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#d59057  rgb(213, 144, 87)  hsl(27, 60%, 59%)  Persian Orange
#d5579c  rgb(213, 87, 156)  hsl(327, 60%, 59%)  Mulberry
#9cd557  rgb(156, 213, 87)  hsl(87, 60%, 59%)  Yellow Green