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#5FA0DE

#5fa0de ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5fa0de is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 62.75% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.21% cyan, 27.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 209.29°, with 65.8% saturation and 62.16% 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 7.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.17.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3285

Complementary

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #de9d5f

Split complementary

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #de5f61
  3. #dedc5f

Analogous

  1. #5fdedc
  2. #5fa0de
  3. #5f61de

Triadic

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #de5fa0
  3. #a0de5f

Tetradic

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #9d5fde
  3. #de9d5f
  4. #a0de5f

Square

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #dc5fde
  3. #de9d5f
  4. #61de5f

Monochromatic

  1. #1c5388
  2. #297ac7
  3. #5fa0de
  4. #9ec6eb
  5. #deebf8

Shades

#5fa0de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #5690c8
  3. #4c80b2
  4. #43709b
  5. #396085
  6. #30506f
  7. #264059
  8. #1d3043
  9. #13202c
  10. #0a1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#5fa0de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #6faae1
  3. #7fb3e5
  4. #8fbde8
  5. #9fc6eb
  6. #afd0ef
  7. #bfd9f2
  8. #cfe3f5
  9. #dfecf8
  10. #eff6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5fa0de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5fa0de
  2. #629dd5
  3. #669acb
  4. #6996c2
  5. #6c93b8
  6. #7090af
  7. #738da6
  8. #768a9c
  9. #798693
  10. #7d8389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879dba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86a2e1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7596dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78a1e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d9add ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #36a9c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5fa0de {
  color: #5fa0de;
}
Background
.bg-5fa0de {
  background-color: #5fa0de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5fa0de {
  border: 2px solid #5fa0de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5fa0de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 160 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 66% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5fa0de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5fa0de, #5f61de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5fa0de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 160 222 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 3.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 5.09 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.31 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.78 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.58 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.23 #a05f21 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5fa0de  rgb(95, 160, 222)  hsl(209, 66%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#de9d5f  rgb(222, 157, 95)  hsl(29, 66%, 62%)  Fawn
#de5fa0  rgb(222, 95, 160)  hsl(329, 66%, 62%)  Thulian Pink
#a0de5f  rgb(160, 222, 95)  hsl(89, 66%, 62%)  Inchworm