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#579FDF

#579fdf ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#579fdf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 62.35% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.99% cyan, 28.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 68% saturation and 60.78% 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 7.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3215

Complementary

  1. #579fdf
  2. #df9757

Split complementary

  1. #579fdf
  2. #df575b
  3. #dfdb57

Analogous

  1. #57dfdb
  2. #579fdf
  3. #575bdf

Triadic

  1. #579fdf
  2. #df579f
  3. #9fdf57

Tetradic

  1. #579fdf
  2. #9757df
  3. #df9757
  4. #9fdf57

Square

  1. #579fdf
  2. #db57df
  3. #df9757
  4. #5bdf57

Monochromatic

  1. #195284
  2. #2579c4
  3. #579fdf
  4. #97c4eb
  5. #d8e8f7

Shades

#579fdf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #579fdf
  2. #4e8fc9
  3. #467fb2
  4. #3d6f9c
  5. #345f86
  6. #2c5070
  7. #234059
  8. #1a3043
  9. #11202d
  10. #091016
  11. #000000

Tints

#579fdf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #579fdf
  2. #68a9e2
  3. #79b2e5
  4. #89bce9
  5. #9ac5ec
  6. #abcfef
  7. #bcd9f2
  8. #cde2f5
  9. #ddecf9
  10. #eef5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#579fdf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #579fdf
  2. #5b9cd6
  3. #5f99cc
  4. #6396c3
  5. #6793b9
  6. #6c90b0
  7. #708ca6
  8. #74899d
  9. #788693
  10. #7c838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849cb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83a1e2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7194de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aeb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74a0e1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6898de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #20a8c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-579fdf {
  color: #579fdf;
}
Background
.bg-579fdf {
  background-color: #579fdf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-579fdf {
  border: 2px solid #579fdf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #579fdf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 159 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 68% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-579fdf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #579fdf, #575bdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-579fdf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 159 223 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.89 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.45 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.50 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.95 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.21 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.42 #a86020 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#579fdf  rgb(87, 159, 223)  hsl(208, 68%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#df9757  rgb(223, 151, 87)  hsl(28, 68%, 61%)  Persian Orange
#df579f  rgb(223, 87, 159)  hsl(328, 68%, 61%)  Wild Strawberry
#9fdf57  rgb(159, 223, 87)  hsl(88, 68%, 61%)  Inchworm