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#5EA3DE

#5ea3de ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5ea3de is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 63.92% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.66% cyan, 26.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 207.66°, with 65.98% saturation and 61.96% 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 7.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3385

Complementary

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #de995e

Split complementary

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #de5e63
  3. #ded95e

Analogous

  1. #5eded9
  2. #5ea3de
  3. #5e63de

Triadic

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #de5ea3
  3. #a3de5e

Tetradic

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #995ede
  3. #de995e
  4. #a3de5e

Square

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #d95ede
  3. #de995e
  4. #63de5e

Monochromatic

  1. #1c5687
  2. #297ec7
  3. #5ea3de
  4. #9dc7eb
  5. #ddecf8

Shades

#5ea3de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #5593c8
  3. #4b82b2
  4. #42729b
  5. #386285
  6. #2f526f
  7. #264159
  8. #1c3143
  9. #13212c
  10. #091016
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ea3de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #6eace1
  3. #7eb5e5
  4. #8ebfe8
  5. #9ec8eb
  6. #afd1ef
  7. #bfdaf2
  8. #cfe3f5
  9. #dfedf8
  10. #eff6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ea3de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ea3de
  2. #61a0d5
  3. #659ccb
  4. #6899c2
  5. #6c95b8
  6. #6f92af
  7. #728ea6
  8. #768b9c
  9. #798793
  10. #7d8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a0bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa4e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7998dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ba4e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f9cdd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #34acc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ea3de {
  color: #5ea3de;
}
Background
.bg-5ea3de {
  background-color: #5ea3de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ea3de {
  border: 2px solid #5ea3de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ea3de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 163 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 66% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ea3de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ea3de, #5e63de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ea3de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 163 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 2.86 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 6.71 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.51 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.47 #a15c21 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5ea3de  rgb(94, 163, 222)  hsl(208, 66%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#de995e  rgb(222, 153, 94)  hsl(28, 66%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#de5ea3  rgb(222, 94, 163)  hsl(328, 66%, 62%)  Thulian Pink
#a3de5e  rgb(163, 222, 94)  hsl(88, 66%, 62%)  Inchworm