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#5FA7DB

#5fa7db ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5fa7db is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 65.49% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.62% cyan, 23.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 205.16°, with 63.27% 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 2.25.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3518

Complementary

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #db935f

Split complementary

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #db5f69
  3. #dbd15f

Analogous

  1. #5fdbd1
  2. #5fa7db
  3. #5f69db

Triadic

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #db5fa7
  3. #a7db5f

Tetradic

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #935fdb
  3. #db935f
  4. #a7db5f

Square

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #d15fdb
  3. #db935f
  4. #69db5f

Monochromatic

  1. #1e5983
  2. #2c83c2
  3. #5fa7db
  4. #9dc9e9
  5. #dcecf7

Shades

#5fa7db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #5696c5
  3. #4c86af
  4. #437599
  5. #396483
  6. #30546e
  7. #264358
  8. #1d3242
  9. #13212c
  10. #0a1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#5fa7db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #6fb0df
  3. #7fb9e2
  4. #8fc1e6
  5. #9fcae9
  6. #afd3ed
  7. #bfdcf1
  8. #cfe5f4
  9. #dfedf8
  10. #eff6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5fa7db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5fa7db
  2. #62a3d2
  3. #669fc9
  4. #699bc0
  5. #6c97b7
  6. #7094ae
  7. #7390a4
  8. #768c9b
  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 #8ba3bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a7dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f9bda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fa7dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74a0da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #37afc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5fa7db {
  color: #5fa7db;
}
Background
.bg-5fa7db {
  background-color: #5fa7db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5fa7db {
  border: 2px solid #5fa7db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5fa7db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 167 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 63% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5fa7db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5fa7db, #5f69db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5fa7db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 167 219 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 2.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 2.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.51 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.49 #a05824 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#5fa7db  rgb(95, 167, 219)  hsl(205, 63%, 62%)  Carolina Blue
#db935f  rgb(219, 147, 95)  hsl(25, 63%, 62%)  Persian Orange
#db5fa7  rgb(219, 95, 167)  hsl(325, 63%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#a7db5f  rgb(167, 219, 95)  hsl(85, 63%, 62%)  Inchworm