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#5AAAEB

#5aaaeb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5aaaeb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 66.67% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.7% cyan, 27.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 206.9°, with 78.38% saturation and 63.73% 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 8.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.92.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3692

Complementary

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #eb9b5a

Split complementary

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #eb5a62
  3. #ebe45a

Analogous

  1. #5aebe4
  2. #5aaaeb
  3. #5a62eb

Triadic

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #eb5aaa
  3. #aaeb5a

Tetradic

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #9b5aeb
  3. #eb9b5a
  4. #aaeb5a

Square

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #e45aeb
  3. #eb9b5a
  4. #62eb5a

Monochromatic

  1. #135d99
  2. #1b86de
  3. #5aaaeb
  4. #9ecdf3
  5. #e2f0fc

Shades

#5aaaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #5199d4
  3. #4888bc
  4. #3f77a5
  5. #36668d
  6. #2d5576
  7. #24445e
  8. #1b3347
  9. #12222f
  10. #091118
  11. #000000

Tints

#5aaaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #6bb3ed
  3. #7bbbef
  4. #8cc4f1
  5. #9cccf3
  6. #add5f5
  7. #bdddf7
  8. #cee6f9
  9. #deeefb
  10. #eff7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5aaaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5aaaeb
  2. #5ea6e0
  3. #62a2d6
  4. #659dcb
  5. #6999c0
  6. #6d95b6
  7. #7191ab
  8. #758da0
  9. #788895
  10. #7c848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ca6c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eacee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9dea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bac1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7cabed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ea3ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1ab4d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5aaaeb {
  color: #5aaaeb;
}
Background
.bg-5aaaeb {
  background-color: #5aaaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5aaaeb {
  border: 2px solid #5aaaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5aaaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 170 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 78% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5aaaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5aaaeb, #5a62eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5aaaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 170 235 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.66 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.43 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.61 #a55514 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5aaaeb  rgb(90, 170, 235)  hsl(207, 78%, 64%)  Carolina Blue
#eb9b5a  rgb(235, 155, 90)  hsl(27, 78%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#eb5aaa  rgb(235, 90, 170)  hsl(327, 78%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#aaeb5a  rgb(170, 235, 90)  hsl(87, 78%, 64%)  Inchworm