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#5EA2CD

#5ea2cd ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ea2cd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.15% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 203.24°, with 52.61% saturation and 58.63% 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 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 1.76.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3263

Complementary

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #cd895e

Split complementary

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #cd5e6b
  3. #cdc15e

Analogous

  1. #5ecdc1
  2. #5ea2cd
  3. #5e6bcd

Triadic

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #cd5ea2
  3. #a2cd5e

Tetradic

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #895ecd
  3. #cd895e
  4. #a2cd5e

Square

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #c15ecd
  3. #cd895e
  4. #6bcd5e

Monochromatic

  1. #23526f
  2. #357caa
  3. #5ea2cd
  4. #98c4df
  5. #d3e5f1

Shades

#5ea2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #5592b9
  3. #4b82a4
  4. #427190
  5. #38617b
  6. #2f5167
  7. #264152
  8. #1c313e
  9. #132029
  10. #091015
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ea2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #6eabd2
  3. #7eb5d7
  4. #8ebedc
  5. #9ec7e1
  6. #afd1e6
  7. #bfdaeb
  8. #cfe3f0
  9. #dfecf5
  10. #eff6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ea2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ea2cd
  2. #619fc5
  3. #659bbe
  4. #6898b6
  5. #6c94ae
  6. #6f91a7
  7. #728e9f
  8. #768a97
  9. #79878f
  10. #7d8388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879eb1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea1cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f96cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #0cadb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea2ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #739bcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3da9bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ea2cd {
  color: #5ea2cd;
}
Background
.bg-5ea2cd {
  background-color: #5ea2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ea2cd {
  border: 2px solid #5ea2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ea2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 53% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ea2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ea2cd, #5e6bcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ea2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 1.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.26 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.34 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.34 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.70 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.89 #a15d32 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5ea2cd  rgb(94, 162, 205)  hsl(203, 53%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#cd895e  rgb(205, 137, 94)  hsl(23, 53%, 59%)  Raw Sienna
#cd5ea2  rgb(205, 94, 162)  hsl(323, 53%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#a2cd5e  rgb(162, 205, 94)  hsl(83, 53%, 59%)  Yellow Green