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#5EA5DC

#5ea5dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ea5dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 64.71% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.27% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 206.19°, with 64.29% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.05.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3446

Complementary

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #dc955e

Split complementary

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #dc5e66
  3. #dcd45e

Analogous

  1. #5edcd4
  2. #5ea5dc
  3. #5e66dc

Triadic

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #dc5ea5
  3. #a5dc5e

Tetradic

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #955edc
  3. #dc955e
  4. #a5dc5e

Square

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #d45edc
  3. #dc955e
  4. #66dc5e

Monochromatic

  1. #1d5784
  2. #2a80c3
  3. #5ea5dc
  4. #9dc8ea
  5. #dcebf7

Shades

#5ea5dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #5595c6
  3. #4b84b0
  4. #42749a
  5. #386384
  6. #2f536e
  7. #264258
  8. #1c3242
  9. #13212c
  10. #091116
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ea5dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #6eaee0
  3. #7eb7e3
  4. #8ec0e7
  5. #9ec9ea
  6. #afd2ee
  7. #bfdbf1
  8. #cfe4f5
  9. #dfedf8
  10. #eff6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ea5dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ea5dc
  2. #61a1d3
  3. #659eca
  4. #689ac0
  5. #6c96b7
  6. #6f93ae
  7. #728fa5
  8. #768b9c
  9. #798792
  10. #7d8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a1ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da6df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c99db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da5de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719edb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #35adc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ea5dc {
  color: #5ea5dc;
}
Background
.bg-5ea5dc {
  background-color: #5ea5dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ea5dc {
  border: 2px solid #5ea5dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ea5dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 165 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 64% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ea5dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ea5dc, #5e66dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ea5dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 165 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 2.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.04 #a15a23 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5ea5dc  rgb(94, 165, 220)  hsl(206, 64%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#dc955e  rgb(220, 149, 94)  hsl(26, 64%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#dc5ea5  rgb(220, 94, 165)  hsl(326, 64%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#a5dc5e  rgb(165, 220, 94)  hsl(86, 64%, 62%)  Inchworm