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#5899BC

#5899bc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5899bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.51% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.19% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 201°, with 42.74% saturation and 54.12% 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 6.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.43.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2849

Complementary

  1. #5899bc
  2. #bc7b58

Split complementary

  1. #5899bc
  2. #bc5867
  3. #bcad58

Analogous

  1. #58bcad
  2. #5899bc
  3. #5867bc

Triadic

  1. #5899bc
  2. #bc5899
  3. #99bc58

Tetradic

  1. #5899bc
  2. #7b58bc
  3. #bc7b58
  4. #99bc58

Square

  1. #5899bc
  2. #ad58bc
  3. #bc7b58
  4. #67bc58

Monochromatic

  1. #234558
  2. #39718e
  3. #5899bc
  4. #8fbad2
  5. #c5dce8

Shades

#5899bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5899bc
  2. #4f8aa9
  3. #467a96
  4. #3e6b84
  5. #355c71
  6. #2c4d5e
  7. #233d4b
  8. #1a2e38
  9. #121f26
  10. #090f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#5899bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5899bc
  2. #69a3c3
  3. #79adc9
  4. #8ab8d0
  5. #9bc2d7
  6. #acccde
  7. #bcd6e4
  8. #cde0eb
  9. #deebf2
  10. #eef5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5899bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5899bc
  2. #5c97b6
  3. #6094b0
  4. #6492aa
  5. #688fa4
  6. #6c8d9e
  7. #708a98
  8. #748892
  9. #78858c
  10. #7c8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e95a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8897be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a8dbb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #16a2a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7898bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e92bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3b9fae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5899bc {
  color: #5899bc;
}
Background
.bg-5899bc {
  background-color: #5899bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5899bc {
  border: 2px solid #5899bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5899bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 88 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 43% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5899bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5899bc, #5867bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5899bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(88 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.44 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.24 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.62 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.28 #a76643 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5899bc  rgb(88, 153, 188)  hsl(201, 43%, 54%)  Carolina Blue
#bc7b58  rgb(188, 123, 88)  hsl(21, 43%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc5899  rgb(188, 88, 153)  hsl(321, 43%, 54%)  Mulberry
#99bc58  rgb(153, 188, 88)  hsl(81, 43%, 54%)  Olivine