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#579ED9

#579ed9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#579ed9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 61.96% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.91% cyan, 27.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 207.23°, with 63.11% saturation and 59.61% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3149

Complementary

  1. #579ed9
  2. #d99257

Split complementary

  1. #579ed9
  2. #d9575d
  3. #d9d357

Analogous

  1. #57d9d3
  2. #579ed9
  3. #575dd9

Triadic

  1. #579ed9
  2. #d9579e
  3. #9ed957

Tetradic

  1. #579ed9
  2. #9257d9
  3. #d99257
  4. #9ed957

Square

  1. #579ed9
  2. #d357d9
  3. #d99257
  4. #5dd957

Monochromatic

  1. #1c507b
  2. #2a78ba
  3. #579ed9
  4. #95c2e7
  5. #d4e6f5

Shades

#579ed9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #579ed9
  2. #4e8ec3
  3. #467eae
  4. #3d6f98
  5. #345f82
  6. #2c4f6d
  7. #233f57
  8. #1a2f41
  9. #11202b
  10. #091016
  11. #000000

Tints

#579ed9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #579ed9
  2. #68a8dd
  3. #79b1e1
  4. #89bbe4
  5. #9ac5e8
  6. #abcfec
  7. #bcd8f0
  8. #cde2f4
  9. #ddecf7
  10. #eef5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#579ed9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #579ed9
  2. #5b9bd0
  3. #5f98c7
  4. #6395be
  5. #6792b5
  6. #6c8fad
  7. #708ca4
  8. #74899b
  9. #788692
  10. #7c8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #839bb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #849fdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7392d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #759fdb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6997d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #26a7c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-579ed9 {
  color: #579ed9;
}
Background
.bg-579ed9 {
  background-color: #579ed9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-579ed9 {
  border: 2px solid #579ed9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #579ed9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 158 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 63% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-579ed9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #579ed9, #575dd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-579ed9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 158 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.82 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.65 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.75 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.27 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.80 #a86126 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#579ed9  rgb(87, 158, 217)  hsl(207, 63%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#d99257  rgb(217, 146, 87)  hsl(27, 63%, 60%)  Persian Orange
#d9579e  rgb(217, 87, 158)  hsl(327, 63%, 60%)  Mulberry
#9ed957  rgb(158, 217, 87)  hsl(87, 63%, 60%)  Yellow Green