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#5BA2C8

#5ba2c8 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ba2c8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 63.53% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.5% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 200.92°, with 49.77% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.34.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3223

Complementary

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #c8815b

Split complementary

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #c85b6c
  3. #c8b85b

Analogous

  1. #5bc8b8
  2. #5ba2c8
  3. #5b6cc8

Triadic

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #c85ba2
  3. #a2c85b

Tetradic

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #815bc8
  3. #c8815b
  4. #a2c85b

Square

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #b85bc8
  3. #c8815b
  4. #6cc85b

Monochromatic

  1. #234f67
  2. #367ba1
  3. #5ba2c8
  4. #94c2db
  5. #cee3ee

Shades

#5ba2c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #5292b4
  3. #4982a0
  4. #40718c
  5. #376178
  6. #2e5164
  7. #244150
  8. #1b313c
  9. #122028
  10. #091014
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ba2c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #6babce
  3. #7cb5d3
  4. #8cbed9
  5. #9dc7de
  6. #add1e4
  7. #bddae9
  8. #cee3ef
  9. #deecf4
  10. #eff6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ba2c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ba2c8
  2. #5f9fc1
  3. #629bba
  4. #6698b2
  5. #6a94ab
  6. #6e91a4
  7. #718e9d
  8. #758a96
  9. #79878e
  10. #7c8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #859dae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a0ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8195c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #01acae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea1c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #739ac8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3aa8b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ba2c8 {
  color: #5ba2c8;
}
Background
.bg-5ba2c8 {
  background-color: #5ba2c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ba2c8 {
  border: 2px solid #5ba2c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ba2c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 162 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 50% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ba2c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ba2c8, #5b6cc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ba2c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 162 200 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.34 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.00 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.17 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.58 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.96 #a45d37 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5ba2c8  rgb(91, 162, 200)  hsl(201, 50%, 57%)  Carolina Blue
#c8815b  rgb(200, 129, 91)  hsl(21, 50%, 57%)  Raw Sienna
#c85ba2  rgb(200, 91, 162)  hsl(321, 50%, 57%)  Mulberry
#a2c85b  rgb(162, 200, 91)  hsl(81, 50%, 57%)  Yellow Green