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#5CAED9

#5caed9 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5caed9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.08% red, 68.24% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.6% cyan, 19.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 200.64°, with 62.19% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.89.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3756

Complementary

  1. #5caed9
  2. #d9875c

Split complementary

  1. #5caed9
  2. #d95c70
  3. #d9c65c

Analogous

  1. #5cd9c6
  2. #5caed9
  3. #5c70d9

Triadic

  1. #5caed9
  2. #d95cae
  3. #aed95c

Tetradic

  1. #5caed9
  2. #875cd9
  3. #d9875c
  4. #aed95c

Square

  1. #5caed9
  2. #c65cd9
  3. #d9875c
  4. #70d95c

Monochromatic

  1. #1d5d7f
  2. #2c8bbd
  3. #5caed9
  4. #9acde7
  5. #d8ecf6

Shades

#5caed9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5caed9
  2. #539dc3
  3. #4a8bae
  4. #407a98
  5. #376882
  6. #2e576d
  7. #254657
  8. #1c3441
  9. #12232b
  10. #091116
  11. #000000

Tints

#5caed9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5caed9
  2. #6cb6dd
  3. #7dbee1
  4. #8dc6e4
  5. #9dcee8
  6. #aed7ec
  7. #bedff0
  8. #cee7f4
  9. #deeff7
  10. #eff7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5caed9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5caed9
  2. #60a9d0
  3. #63a5c7
  4. #67a0be
  5. #6a9cb5
  6. #6e97ad
  7. #7292a4
  8. #758e9b
  9. #798992
  10. #7c8589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8da9bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99acdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #889fd8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85adda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #79a5d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #30b5c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5caed9 {
  color: #5caed9;
}
Background
.bg-5caed9 {
  background-color: #5caed9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5caed9 {
  border: 2px solid #5caed9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5caed9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 174 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 62% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5caed9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5caed9, #5c70d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5caed9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 174 217 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.03 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.04 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.82 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.99 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.37 #a35126 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5caed9  rgb(92, 174, 217)  hsl(201, 62%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#d9875c  rgb(217, 135, 92)  hsl(21, 62%, 61%)  Raw Sienna
#d95cae  rgb(217, 92, 174)  hsl(321, 62%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#aed95c  rgb(174, 217, 92)  hsl(81, 62%, 61%)  June Bud