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#5CAADE

#5caade ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5caade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.08% red, 66.67% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.56% cyan, 23.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 66.33% saturation and 61.57% 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 8.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.363

Complementary

  1. #5caade
  2. #de905c

Split complementary

  1. #5caade
  2. #de5c69
  3. #ded15c

Analogous

  1. #5cded1
  2. #5caade
  3. #5c69de

Triadic

  1. #5caade
  2. #de5caa
  3. #aade5c

Tetradic

  1. #5caade
  2. #905cde
  3. #de905c
  4. #aade5c

Square

  1. #5caade
  2. #d15cde
  3. #de905c
  4. #69de5c

Monochromatic

  1. #1b5b86
  2. #2887c6
  3. #5caade
  4. #9ccbeb
  5. #dbecf8

Shades

#5caade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5caade
  2. #5399c8
  3. #4a88b2
  4. #40779b
  5. #376685
  6. #2e556f
  7. #254459
  8. #1c3343
  9. #12222c
  10. #091116
  11. #000000

Tints

#5caade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5caade
  2. #6cb3e1
  3. #7dbbe5
  4. #8dc4e8
  5. #9dcceb
  6. #aed5ef
  7. #beddf2
  8. #cee6f5
  9. #deeef8
  10. #eff7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5caade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5caade
  2. #60a6d5
  3. #63a2cb
  4. #679dc2
  5. #6a99b8
  6. #6e95af
  7. #7291a6
  8. #758d9c
  9. #798893
  10. #7c8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ca5bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93aae0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #819ddd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80aadf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74a2dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2db2ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5caade {
  color: #5caade;
}
Background
.bg-5caade {
  background-color: #5caade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5caade {
  border: 2px solid #5caade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5caade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 170 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 66% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5caade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5caade, #5c69de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5caade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 170 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.00 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.44 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.78 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.40 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.52 #a35521 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5caade  rgb(92, 170, 222)  hsl(204, 66%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#de905c  rgb(222, 144, 92)  hsl(24, 66%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#de5caa  rgb(222, 92, 170)  hsl(324, 66%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#aade5c  rgb(170, 222, 92)  hsl(84, 66%, 62%)  Inchworm