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#5AA4E7

#5aa4e7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5aa4e7 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 64.31% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.04% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 208.51°, with 74.6% saturation and 62.94% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.3449

Complementary

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #e79d5a

Split complementary

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #e75a5d
  3. #e7e35a

Analogous

  1. #5ae7e3
  2. #5aa4e7
  3. #5a5de7

Triadic

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #e75aa4
  3. #a4e75a

Tetradic

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #9d5ae7
  3. #e79d5a
  4. #a4e75a

Square

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #e35ae7
  3. #e79d5a
  4. #5de75a

Monochromatic

  1. #155793
  2. #1f7fd5
  3. #5aa4e7
  4. #9dc9f1
  5. #e0eefa

Shades

#5aa4e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #5194d0
  3. #4883b9
  4. #3f73a2
  5. #36628b
  6. #2d5274
  7. #24425c
  8. #1b3145
  9. #12212e
  10. #091017
  11. #000000

Tints

#5aa4e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #6bade9
  3. #7bb6ec
  4. #8cbfee
  5. #9cc8f1
  6. #add2f3
  7. #bddbf5
  8. #cee4f8
  9. #deedfa
  10. #eff6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5aa4e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5aa4e7
  2. #5ea0dd
  3. #629dd2
  4. #6599c8
  5. #6996be
  6. #6d92b4
  7. #718ea9
  8. #758b9f
  9. #788795
  10. #7c848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a1c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87a6ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7498e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78a5e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b9de6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #21aece ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5aa4e7 {
  color: #5aa4e7;
}
Background
.bg-5aa4e7 {
  background-color: #5aa4e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5aa4e7 {
  border: 2px solid #5aa4e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5aa4e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 164 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 75% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5aa4e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5aa4e7, #5a5de7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5aa4e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 164 231 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.61 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.47 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.50 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.60 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.56 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.45 #a55b18 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5aa4e7  rgb(90, 164, 231)  hsl(209, 75%, 63%)  Carolina Blue
#e79d5a  rgb(231, 157, 90)  hsl(29, 75%, 63%)  Sandy Brown
#e75aa4  rgb(231, 90, 164)  hsl(329, 75%, 63%)  Wild Strawberry
#a4e75a  rgb(164, 231, 90)  hsl(89, 75%, 63%)  Inchworm