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#5FA2C7

#5fa2c7 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5fa2c7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 63.53% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 52.26% cyan, 18.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 201.35°, with 48.15% saturation and 57.65% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.35.

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Relative luminance0.324

Complementary

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #c7845f

Split complementary

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #c75f6e
  3. #c7b85f

Analogous

  1. #5fc7b8
  2. #5fa2c7
  3. #5f6ec7

Triadic

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #c75fa2
  3. #a2c75f

Tetradic

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #845fc7
  3. #c7845f
  4. #a2c75f

Square

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #b85fc7
  3. #c7845f
  4. #6ec75f

Monochromatic

  1. #255068
  2. #387ca1
  3. #5fa2c7
  4. #98c3db
  5. #d0e4ef

Shades

#5fa2c7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #5692b3
  3. #4c829f
  4. #43718b
  5. #396177
  6. #305164
  7. #264150
  8. #1d313c
  9. #132028
  10. #0a1014
  11. #000000

Tints

#5fa2c7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #6fabcd
  3. #7fb5d2
  4. #8fbed8
  5. #9fc7dd
  6. #afd1e3
  7. #bfdae9
  8. #cfe3ee
  9. #dfecf4
  10. #eff6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5fa2c7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5fa2c7
  2. #629fc0
  3. #669bb9
  4. #6998b2
  5. #6c94ab
  6. #7091a4
  7. #738e9c
  8. #768a95
  9. #79878e
  10. #7d8387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #869dae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a0c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8295c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1facae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a1c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #759bc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #42a8b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5fa2c7 {
  color: #5fa2c7;
}
Background
.bg-5fa2c7 {
  background-color: #5fa2c7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5fa2c7 {
  border: 2px solid #5fa2c7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5fa2c7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 162 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 48% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5fa2c7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5fa2c7, #5f6ec7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5fa2c7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 162 199 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.32 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.65 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.80 #a05d38 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5fa2c7  rgb(95, 162, 199)  hsl(201, 48%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#c7845f  rgb(199, 132, 95)  hsl(21, 48%, 58%)  Raw Sienna
#c75fa2  rgb(199, 95, 162)  hsl(321, 48%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#a2c75f  rgb(162, 199, 95)  hsl(81, 48%, 58%)  Pistachio