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#5FA5CB

#5fa5cb ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5fa5cb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 64.71% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.2% cyan, 18.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.11°, with 50.94% saturation and 58.43% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.53.

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Relative luminance0.3365

Complementary

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #cb855f

Split complementary

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #cb5f6f
  3. #cbbb5f

Analogous

  1. #5fcbbb
  2. #5fa5cb
  3. #5f6fcb

Triadic

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #cb5fa5
  3. #a5cb5f

Tetradic

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #855fcb
  3. #cb855f
  4. #a5cb5f

Square

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #bb5fcb
  3. #cb855f
  4. #6fcb5f

Monochromatic

  1. #24536d
  2. #367fa7
  3. #5fa5cb
  4. #99c5de
  5. #d2e6f1

Shades

#5fa5cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #5695b7
  3. #4c84a2
  4. #43748e
  5. #39637a
  6. #305366
  7. #264251
  8. #1d323d
  9. #132129
  10. #0a1114
  11. #000000

Tints

#5fa5cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #6faed0
  3. #7fb7d5
  4. #8fc0db
  5. #9fc9e0
  6. #afd2e5
  7. #bfdbea
  8. #cfe4ef
  9. #dfedf5
  10. #eff6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5fa5cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5fa5cb
  2. #62a1c4
  3. #669ebc
  4. #699ab5
  5. #6c96ad
  6. #7093a6
  7. #738f9e
  8. #768b97
  9. #79878f
  10. #7d8488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a0b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a3cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8498ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #16afb1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a4cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #779dcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #40abbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5fa5cb {
  color: #5fa5cb;
}
Background
.bg-5fa5cb {
  background-color: #5fa5cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5fa5cb {
  border: 2px solid #5fa5cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5fa5cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 165 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 51% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5fa5cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5fa5cb, #5f6fcb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5fa5cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 165 203 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.53 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.23 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.76 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.20 #a05a34 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5fa5cb  rgb(95, 165, 203)  hsl(201, 51%, 58%)  Carolina Blue
#cb855f  rgb(203, 133, 95)  hsl(21, 51%, 58%)  Raw Sienna
#cb5fa5  rgb(203, 95, 165)  hsl(321, 51%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#a5cb5f  rgb(165, 203, 95)  hsl(81, 51%, 58%)  Yellow Green