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#5CAEDA

#5caeda ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5caeda 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.8% cyan, 20.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 200.95°, with 63% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.75.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3761

Complementary

  1. #5caeda
  2. #da885c

Split complementary

  1. #5caeda
  2. #da5c6f
  3. #dac75c

Analogous

  1. #5cdac7
  2. #5caeda
  3. #5c6fda

Triadic

  1. #5caeda
  2. #da5cae
  3. #aeda5c

Tetradic

  1. #5caeda
  2. #885cda
  3. #da885c
  4. #aeda5c

Square

  1. #5caeda
  2. #c75cda
  3. #da885c
  4. #6fda5c

Monochromatic

  1. #1d5d80
  2. #2b8bbe
  3. #5caeda
  4. #9acde8
  5. #d9ecf6

Shades

#5caeda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5caeda
  2. #539dc4
  3. #4a8bae
  4. #407a99
  5. #376883
  6. #2e576d
  7. #254657
  8. #1c3441
  9. #12232c
  10. #091116
  11. #000000

Tints

#5caeda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5caeda
  2. #6cb6de
  3. #7dbee1
  4. #8dc6e5
  5. #9dcee9
  6. #aed7ed
  7. #bedff0
  8. #cee7f4
  9. #deeff8
  10. #eff7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5caeda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5caeda
  2. #60a9d1
  3. #63a5c8
  4. #67a0bf
  5. #6a9cb6
  6. #6e97ad
  7. #7292a4
  8. #758e9b
  9. #798992
  10. #7c8589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ea9bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99acdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #879fd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85addb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78a5da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2fb5c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5caeda {
  color: #5caeda;
}
Background
.bg-5caeda {
  background-color: #5caeda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5caeda {
  border: 2px solid #5caeda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5caeda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 174 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 63% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5caeda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5caeda, #5c6fda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5caeda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 174 218 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.24 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.66 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.42 #a35125 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5caeda  rgb(92, 174, 218)  hsl(201, 63%, 61%)  Carolina Blue
#da885c  rgb(218, 136, 92)  hsl(21, 63%, 61%)  Raw Sienna
#da5cae  rgb(218, 92, 174)  hsl(321, 63%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#aeda5c  rgb(174, 218, 92)  hsl(81, 63%, 61%)  June Bud