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#5EA7DC

#5ea7dc ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ea7dc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 65.49% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.27% cyan, 24.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 205.24°, 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 2.26.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3518

Complementary

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #dc935e

Split complementary

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #dc5e68
  3. #dcd25e

Analogous

  1. #5edcd2
  2. #5ea7dc
  3. #5e68dc

Triadic

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #dc5ea7
  3. #a7dc5e

Tetradic

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #935edc
  3. #dc935e
  4. #a7dc5e

Square

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #d25edc
  3. #dc935e
  4. #68dc5e

Monochromatic

  1. #1d5984
  2. #2a83c3
  3. #5ea7dc
  4. #9dc9ea
  5. #dcecf7

Shades

#5ea7dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #5596c6
  3. #4b86b0
  4. #42759a
  5. #386484
  6. #2f546e
  7. #264358
  8. #1c3242
  9. #13212c
  10. #091116
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ea7dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #6eb0e0
  3. #7eb9e3
  4. #8ec1e7
  5. #9ecaea
  6. #afd3ee
  7. #bfdcf1
  8. #cfe5f5
  9. #dfedf8
  10. #eff6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ea7dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ea7dc
  2. #61a3d3
  3. #659fca
  4. #689bc0
  5. #6c97b7
  6. #6f94ae
  7. #7290a5
  8. #768c9c
  9. #798892
  10. #7d8489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8aa3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a7de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f9adb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fa7dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73a0db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #34afc8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ea7dc {
  color: #5ea7dc;
}
Background
.bg-5ea7dc {
  background-color: #5ea7dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ea7dc {
  border: 2px solid #5ea7dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ea7dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 167 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 64% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ea7dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ea7dc, #5e68dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ea7dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 167 220 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 2.76 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.12 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.50 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.17 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.41 #a15823 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5ea7dc  rgb(94, 167, 220)  hsl(205, 64%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#dc935e  rgb(220, 147, 94)  hsl(25, 64%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#dc5ea7  rgb(220, 94, 167)  hsl(325, 64%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#a7dc5e  rgb(167, 220, 94)  hsl(85, 64%, 62%)  Inchworm